Periyar Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Periyar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 75 | 1:10,227,538 | 196,136 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Periyar (100) may also be a first name.
Periyar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Periyar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Periyar (Arabic: بريار, Marathi: पेरीयार) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Periyar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Periyar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Periyar is the 2,136,387th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Periyar reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Periyar is also the 946,056th most widely held given name throughout the world, held by 100 people.
Periyar is most numerous in India, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 10,227,538. In India Periyar is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 49 percent are found, Telangana, where 17 percent are found and West Bengal, where 8 percent are found. Aside from India this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found and Russia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Periyar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Periyar in the Marathi language | ||
| पेरीयार | periyara | 46.15 |
| पेिरयार | peirayara | 41.03 |
| पेरीयर | periyara | 7.69 |
| पिरयार | pirayara | 5.13 |
| Periyar in the Arabic language | ||
| بريار | bryar | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Periyar
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