Prayers Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Prayers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prayers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran371:2,075,20373,016
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pryers9238/
Prayrs920/
Preyers8658/
Priers776/
Preers774/
Pruers770/
Prowers715/
Prearsh711/
Preisrs710/
Preggers671/
Prearce571/

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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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