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
The surname Banyah is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Banyah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,155,901st most commonly held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Banyah live; 72 percent live in Southeast Asia and 72 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Banyah is also the 814,623rd most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 130 people.
The surname is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 199,285. In Malaysia Banyah is most numerous in: Sarawak, where 92 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 5 percent are found and Penang, where 1 percent are found. Other than Malaysia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 28 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
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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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