Pirah Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Pirah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 80 | 1:2,214,284 | 75,532 |
| Iran | 71 | 1:1,081,444 | 48,589 |
| Pakistan | 40 | 1:4,466,097 | 30,538 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Pirah (1,803) may also be a first name.
Pirah Demographics
Average Pirah Salary in
United States
$35,062 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pirah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pirah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pirah (Hindi: पिरहा) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pirah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 933,049th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. The surname Pirah is primarily found in Asia, where 56 percent of Pirah live; 42 percent live in South Asia and 40 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 179,947th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 1,803 people.
The last name Pirah is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 2,214,284. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 66 percent are found, Adamawa, where 23 percent are found and Kogi, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 25 percent are found and Pakistan, where 14 percent are found.
Pirah Last Name Statistics demography
Pirah earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.74% less than the national average, earning $35,062 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pirah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pirah in the Hindi language | ||
| पिरहा | piraha | - |
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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 Pirah
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