Ballaya Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Ballaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 52 | 1:14,751,257 | 245,013 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ballaya (19) may also be a first name.
Ballaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ballaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ballaya (Hindi: बल्लया, Marathi: पालया, Oriya: ରୁୁବାଲାୟା) is most common in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ballaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,436,415th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Ballaya live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Ballaya is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 19 people.
The surname is most widely held in India, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 14,751,257. In India Ballaya is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 77 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 6 percent are found and Telangana, where 6 percent are found. Excluding India it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 10 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ballaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ballaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ରୁୁବାଲାୟା | ruubalaya | - |
| Ballaya in the Hindi language | ||
| बल्लया | ballaya | 75 |
| बल्लय | ballaya | 25 |
| Ballaya in the Marathi language | ||
| पालया | palaya | 25 |
| बााया | baaya | 25 |
| बालैया | balaiya | 25 |
| बालया | balaya | 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 Ballaya
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