Bleya Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Bleya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Bleya (20) may also be a first name.
Bleya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bleya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bleya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻠﻲ) is most common in Malawi. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bleya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,001,271st most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bleya are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most numerous forename worldwide, borne by 20 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Apart from Malawi it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bleya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bleya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﻠﻲ | ably | - |
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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 Bleya
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