Azaya Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Azaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
Azaya (78) may also be a first name.
Azaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Azaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Azaya (Arabic: إلزيا, Hindi: अज़य) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Azaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,944,094th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. Azaya is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Azaya reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,091,646th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 78 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 30 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 27 percent reside and Niger, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 14 percent reside and Niger, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Azaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Azaya in the Hindi language | ||
| अज़य | azaya | - |
| Azaya in the Arabic language | ||
| إلزيا | alzya | - |
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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 Azaya
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