Prayers Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Prayers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 37 | 1:2,075,203 | 73,016 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Prayers (157) may also be a first name.
Prayers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prayers Come From? nationality or country of origin
Prayers is found in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Prayers? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,746,821st most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. Prayers is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Prayers reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 74 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Prayers is also the 732,696th most common forename internationally. It is borne by 157 people.
The last name Prayers is most commonly used in Iran, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 2,075,203. In Iran Prayers is most common in: Tehran Province, where 49 percent are found, Alborz Province, where 24 percent are found and Isfahan Province, where 22 percent are found. Other than Iran this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.
Prayers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Prayers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Prayers last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Prayers
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