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
Average Praise Salary in
South Africa
R 68,004
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Praise Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Praise Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Praise occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Praise.
How Common Is The Last Name Praise? popularity and diffusion
The surname Praise is the 298,559th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 5,715,722 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Praise live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 24,583rd most widespread forename worldwide It is held by 35,259 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 707 people, or 1 in 250,556. In Nigeria Praise is most frequent in: Rivers, where 16 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Bayelsa, where 11 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 21 percent live and Iran, where 14 percent live.
Praise Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Praise surname is chiefly 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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