Banyah Surname
Approximately 207 people bear this surname
Banyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 148 | 1:199,285 | 11,752 |
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
Banyah (130) may also be a first name.
Banyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Banyah occurs most in Malaysia. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Banyah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Banyah is the 1,155,901st most frequent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Banyah live; 72 percent live in Southeast Asia and 72 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 814,623rd most commonly used first name globally, held by 130 people.
It is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 199,285. In Malaysia Banyah is primarily concentrated in: Sarawak, where 92 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 5 percent live and Penang, where 1 percent live. Other than Malaysia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 28 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Banyah
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