Virai Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Virai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
Virai (300) may also be a first name.
Virai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Virai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Virai (Hindi: वीरई, Marathi: िवराई) is carried by more people in The United Arab Emirates than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Virai.
How Common Is The Last Name Virai? popularity and diffusion
Virai is the 2,333,370th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Virai live; 54 percent live in West Asia and 54 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 508,767th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 300 people.
This surname is most widely held in The United Arab Emirates, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 254,508. Aside from The United Arab Emirates it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Virai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Virai in the Marathi language | ||
| िवराई | ivara'i | 85.71 |
| िवराइ | ivara'i | 14.29 |
| Virai in the Hindi language | ||
| वीरई | vira'i | 51.49 |
| विरई | vira'i | 36.57 |
| विराई | vira'i | 4.48 |
| वीराई | vira'i | 4.48 |
| विरइ | vira'i | 1.49 |
| वीराी | virai | 0.75 |
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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 Virai
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