Buyaya Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Buyaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Buyaya (44) may also be a first name.
Buyaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buyaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buyaya (Marathi: बुयया) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buyaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,955,159th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Buyaya are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 90 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Buyaya is also the 1,525,482nd most numerous first name at a global level, held by 44 people.
It is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Aside from The DR Congo this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 7 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buyaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buyaya in the Marathi language | ||
| बुयया | buyaya | - |
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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 Buyaya
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