Alayi Surname
Approximately 5,538 people bear this surname
Alayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 4,620 | 1:1,569 | 163 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Nigeria | 185 | 1:957,528 | 40,908 |
| Uganda | 138 | 1:282,893 | 20,096 |
| Turkey | 62 | 1:1,255,184 | 52,483 |
| Iran | 39 | 1:1,968,783 | 70,616 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Azerbaijan | 20 | 1:482,456 | 9,378 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Alayi (263) may also be a first name.
Alayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alayi (Hindi: अलायी, Marathi: आलायी, Oriya: ଆଲାୟୀ, Russian: Алайи) occurs most in Togo. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 86,950th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,315,917 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Alayi live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 548,616th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 263 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Togo, where it is borne by 4,620 people, or 1 in 1,569. Not including Togo Alayi is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 8 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alayi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alayi in the Hindi language | ||
| अलायी | alayi | - |
| Alayi in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଲାୟୀ | alayi | - |
| Alayi in the Marathi language | ||
| आलायी | alayi | 80 |
| अलायी | alayi | 20 |
| Alayi in the Russian language | ||
| Алайи | alaji | - |
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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
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- 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 Alayi
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