Appayya Surname

1,011,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Appayya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Appayya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2141:3,584,418101,069
Mauritius321:40,4197,602
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Appayya (5,079) may also be a first name.

Appayya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Appayya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Appayya (Oriya: ଆାୟା) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Appayya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Appayya is the 1,011,991st most common surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Appayya are found; 85 percent are found in South Asia and 85 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 95,295th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 5,079 people.

The last name Appayya is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 3,584,418. In India Appayya is primarily found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 90 percent are found, Telangana, where 5 percent are found and Karnataka, where 2 percent are found. Not including India this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Mauritius, where 13 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Apayya928/
Appaiya8614/
Aipayya869/
Appeyya861/
Appya8311/
Apayao77227/
Apayyo7741/
Apaiya7727/
Appeaa773/
Happya772/
Apayia772/
Apya7388/
Gapayao71518/
Gopayya7158/
Appiaah718/
Aipaiya713/
Appajyo711/
Apoyhya711/
Aphaiya711/
Appia676,863/
Appea67683/
Appao6759/
Gapya6757/
Apaua679/
Apaau676/
Apyad674/
Apyaj673/
Apjaa671/
Apiaa671/
Aphya671/
Apyat671/
Apiay671/
Aipahaya671/
Atpya671/

Appayya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Appayya in the Oriya language
ଆାୟାaaya-

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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 Appayya
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