Verah Surname
Approximately 408 people bear this surname
Verah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 283 | 1:163,180 | 12,702 |
| Zimbabwe | 58 | 1:266,177 | 28,032 |
| Mauritania | 53 | 1:77,262 | 5,142 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Verah (7,540) may also be a first name.
Verah Demographics
Verah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Verah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Verah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Verah (Arabic: فيراه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺮﺍﺡ) is found most in Kenya. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Verah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 716,247th most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 17,861,632 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Verah live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Verah is also the 73,954th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 7,540 people.
It is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 283 people, or 1 in 163,180. In Kenya Verah is mostly found in: Kisii County, where 54 percent are found, Nyamira County, where 22 percent are found and Migori County, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Kenya it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent are found and Mauritania, where 13 percent are found.
Verah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Verah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Verah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺮﺍﺡ | frah | 80 |
| ﺍﻟﻔﺮﺍﺡ | alfrah | 16.67 |
| ﻓﺮﺡ | frh | 3.33 |
| Verah in the Arabic language | ||
| فيراه | fyrah | - |
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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 Verah
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