Piraha Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Piraha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 99 | 1:2,162,367 | 67,701 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Piraha (12) may also be a first name.
Piraha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piraha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Piraha is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Piraha? popularity and diffusion
Piraha is the 1,817,111th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name Piraha occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Piraha live; 96 percent live in South America and 96 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used given name world-wide, held by 12 people.
The last name Piraha is most numerous in Brazil, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 2,162,367. In Brazil Piraha is mostly found in: Amazonas, where 98 percent are found, Rio Grande do Norte, where 1 percent are found and Rondônia, where 1 percent are found. Beside Brazil it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 2 percent are found and Iran, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Piraha
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