Alyah Surname
Approximately 3,942 people bear this surname
Alyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 2,005 | 1:13,180 | 1,538 |
| Syria | 1,201 | 1:16,071 | 1,254 |
| Indonesia | 284 | 1:465,666 | 38,509 |
| Tunisia | 151 | 1:4,044 | 621 |
| Iraq | 131 | 1:267,341 | 5,559 |
| Israel | 107 | 1:79,978 | 9,667 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 1:704,635 | 14,756 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Alyah (73,803) may also be a first name.
Alyah Demographics
Alyah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Alyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alyah is found most frequently in Yemen. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Alyah.
How Common Is The Last Name Alyah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 116,888th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,848,693 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Alyah live; 89 percent live in West Asia and 52 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Alyah is also the 13,261st most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 73,803 people.
It is most prevalent in Yemen, where it is borne by 2,005 people, or 1 in 13,180. In Yemen Alyah is mostly found in: Ibb Governorate, where 35 percent live, Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 19 percent live and Taiz Governorate, where 11 percent live. Excluding Yemen this last name exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Syria, where 30 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 percent live.
Alyah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Maronite (92%) in Lebanon.
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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 Alyah
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