Praise Surname
Approximately 1,275 people bear this surname
Praise Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 707 | 1:250,556 | 14,487 |
| Kenya | 262 | 1:176,259 | 13,309 |
| Iran | 176 | 1:436,264 | 27,178 |
| Uganda | 97 | 1:402,467 | 25,105 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Praise (35,259) may also be a first name.
Praise Demographics
Praise Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Praise Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Praise Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Praise is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Praise? popularity and diffusion
The last name Praise is the 298,559th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,715,722 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Praise reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Praise is also the 24,583rd most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 35,259 people.
Praise is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 707 people, or 1 in 250,556. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 16 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Bayelsa, where 11 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 21 percent live and Iran, where 14 percent live.
Praise Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Praise earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.38% less than the national average, earning R 68,004 per year.
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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 Praise
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