Ayena Surname
Approximately 13,656 people bear this surname
Ayena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 7,140 | 1:1,015 | 85 |
| Benin | 3,384 | 1:3,054 | 370 |
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Uganda | 1,159 | 1:33,684 | 4,499 |
| Nigeria | 238 | 1:744,297 | 33,840 |
| Ivory Coast | 126 | 1:183,105 | 8,078 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Burkina Faso | 25 | 1:734,084 | 8,477 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Ayéna (6) are calculated separately.
Ayena (4,936) may also be a first name.
Ayena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ayena (Marathi: आयेना, Oriya: ଅେୟନା) is found most in Togo. It can be found in the variant forms: Ayéna. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayena? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ayena is the 38,506th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 533,652 people. Ayena is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ayena live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ayena is also the 96,985th most commonly occurring forename on earth, borne by 4,936 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Togo, where it is carried by 7,140 people, or 1 in 1,015. Other than Togo this surname is found in 32 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 25 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ayena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ayena in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅେୟନା | aeyana | 50 |
| ଆେୟନା | aeyana | 25 |
| ଅଏନ | a'ena | 25 |
| Ayena in the Marathi language | ||
| आयेना | ayena | 50 |
| अयेना | ayena | 25 |
| अयीना | ayina | 25 |
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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 Ayena
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