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

Appayya (Oriya: ଆାୟା) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Appayya.

How Common Is The Last Name Appayya? popularity and diffusion

Appayya is the 1,011,991st most widespread surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The surname is mostly found 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. Appayya is also the 95,295th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 5,079 people.

The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 214 people, or 1 in 3,584,418. In India Appayya is mostly found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 90 percent live, Telangana, where 5 percent live and Karnataka, where 2 percent live. Beside India Appayya exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Mauritius, where 13 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.

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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