Pirai Surname
Approximately 457 people bear this surname
Pirai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 183 | 1:4,191,614 | 111,941 |
| Brazil | 148 | 1:1,446,448 | 48,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 78 | 1:104,535 | 14,121 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Piraí (6) are calculated separately.
Pirai (471) may also be a first name.
Pirai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pirai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pirai (Hindi: पिरई, Marathi: िपराई, Oriya: ପିରଇ) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Piraí. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pirai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 658,434th most widespread family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 15,946,490 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 44 percent of Pirai are found; 42 percent are found in South Asia and 40 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 392,250th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 471 people.
This last name is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 4,191,614. In India Pirai is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 76 percent live, Telangana, where 8 percent live and Tamil Nadu, where 5 percent live. Aside from India this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 32 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pirai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pirai in the Oriya language | ||
| ପିରଇ | pira'i | - |
| Pirai in the Marathi language | ||
| िपराई | ipara'i | - |
| Pirai in the Hindi language | ||
| पिरई | pira'i | 71.43 |
| पिराइ | pira'i | 14.29 |
| पिरइ | pira'i | 14.29 |
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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 Pirai
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