Ayisa Surname
Approximately 2,544 people bear this surname
Ayisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,227 | 1:144,371 | 9,208 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Uganda | 388 | 1:100,617 | 10,104 |
| India | 274 | 1:2,799,509 | 86,005 |
| Kenya | 50 | 1:923,598 | 33,552 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ayisa (55,343) may also be a first name.
Ayisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ayisa (Hindi: आयिसा, Marathi: अिसफ, Oriya: ଆୟିସା) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayisa? popularity and diffusion
Ayisa is the 169,610th most numerous surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,864,601 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Ayisa live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ayisa is also the 16,946th most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 55,343 people.
The surname Ayisa is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,227 people, or 1 in 144,371. In Nigeria Ayisa is most common in: Benue, where 82 percent live, Niger, where 2 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 19 percent live and Uganda, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ayisa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ayisa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆୟିସା | ayisa | 66.67 |
| ଅୟିସା | ayisa | 16.67 |
| ଅୟିସ | ayisa | 8.33 |
| ଆୟୀସା | ayisa | 8.33 |
| Ayisa in the Hindi language | ||
| आयिसा | ayisa | 50 |
| आयीसा | ayisa | 20.83 |
| आयशा | ayasa | 12.5 |
| आयसा | ayasa | 8.33 |
| आर्इशा | ar'isa | 4.17 |
| आएसा | a'esa | 4.17 |
| Ayisa in the Marathi language | ||
| अिसफ | aisapha | 50 |
| आयीसा | ayisa | 50 |
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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 Ayisa
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