Piraja Surname
Approximately 499 people bear this surname
Piraja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 433 | 1:494,398 | 18,652 |
| India | 61 | 1:12,574,842 | 222,490 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Pirajá (48) are calculated separately.
Piraja (330) may also be a first name.
Piraja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piraja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Piraja is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Pirajá. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Piraja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 617,057th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,604,300 people. The last name Piraja occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Piraja live; 87 percent live in South America and 87 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 482,193rd most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 330 people.
The surname Piraja is most widely held in Brazil, where it is held by 433 people, or 1 in 494,398. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Bahia, where 47 percent are found, São Paulo, where 17 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 13 percent are found. Barring Brazil Piraja exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 12 percent are found and The United States, 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 Piraja
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