Alaaya Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Alaaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 302 | 1:586,565 | 28,271 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Alaaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alaaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alaaya is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Alaaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 885,573rd most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. Alaaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Alaaya live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 302 people, or 1 in 586,565. In Nigeria Alaaya is primarily found in: Kwara, where 42 percent live, Ogun, where 25 percent live and Kano, where 8 percent live. Not including Nigeria Alaaya exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and The Philippines, where 0 percent live.
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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 Alaaya
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