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Where Does The Last Name Aya Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Aya (Arabic: عيا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻳﻪ, Hindi: आया, Marathi: आया, Oriya: ଆୟା, Tibetan: ཨ་ཡ།) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Ayà. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Aya? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 11,135^th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 144,479 people. The last name Aya is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Aya reside; 40 percent reside in North Africa and 34 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Aya is also the 593^rd most commonly used forename in the world, held by 1,315,262 people.

Aya is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is borne by 17,176 people, or 1 in 5,353. Without taking into account Egypt it occurs in 93 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 11 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.

Aya Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Aya has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 4,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Aya Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Aya surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (68%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Aya surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Aya earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 3.51% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,066 per year; in South Africa they earn 27.39% less than the national average, earning R 172,560 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.04% more than the national average, earning $23,845,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.99% more than the national average, earning $46,165 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.69% more than the national average, earning $55,492 CAD per year.