Peshai Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Peshai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Peshai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peshai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peshai (Hindi: पेशई) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peshai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Peshai live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Plateau, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 26 percent live and Belgium, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Peshai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Peshai in the Hindi language | ||
| पेशई | pesa'i | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Peshai
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