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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Alaaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alaaya is the 885,573rd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 23,972,191 people. The last name Alaaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Alaaya are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 302 people, or 1 in 586,565. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kwara, where 42 percent reside, Ogun, where 25 percent reside and Kano, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and The Philippines, where 0 percent reside.
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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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