Thoraya Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Thoraya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Thoraya (11,228) may also be a first name.
Thoraya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thoraya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thoraya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺜﺮﻳﺎﺀ) is found in Tunisia more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Thoraya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,307,654th most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 48 percent of Thoraya reside; 48 percent reside in North Africa and 43 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 56,690th most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 11,228 people.
The last name Thoraya is most common in Tunisia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 67,847. Barring Tunisia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 19 percent are found and Iran, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thoraya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thoraya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺜﺮﻳﺎﺀ | althrya | - |
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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 Thoraya
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