Baaya Surname
Approximately 546 people bear this surname
Baaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 193 | 1:202,276 | 16,174 |
| DR Congo | 185 | 1:399,349 | 33,942 |
| Philippines | 139 | 1:728,333 | 72,844 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Baaya (38) may also be a first name.
Baaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Baaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻋﻴﻪ, Hindi: बड़ाया) is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Baaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 576,198th most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 13,347,154 people. The surname Baaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Baaya reside; 35 percent reside in East Africa and 34 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 38 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 193 people, or 1 in 202,276. In Uganda Baaya is most numerous in: Budaka District, where 42 percent are found, Butaleja District, where 16 percent are found and Pallisa District, where 10 percent are found. Beside Uganda Baaya is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 34 percent are found and The Philippines, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Baaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Baaya in the Hindi language | ||
| बड़ाया | baraya | - |
| Baaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻋﻴﻪ | bayh | 50 |
| ﺍﺑﻌﻴﻪ | abyh | 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 Baaya
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