Daaya Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Daaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Daaya (135) may also be a first name.
Daaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Daaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Daaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻋﻲ, Hindi: दाया, Marathi: डाया) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Daaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,718,172nd most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Daaya reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Daaya is also the 797,647th most frequently used given name in the world It is held by 135 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 53 percent live, Adamawa, where 40 percent live and Taraba, where 3 percent live. Beside Nigeria Daaya is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 22 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Daaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Daaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻋﻲ | dy | - |
| Daaya in the Hindi language | ||
| दाया | daya | - |
| Daaya in the Marathi language | ||
| डाया | daya | 50 |
| डलपत | dalapata | 25 |
| दाया | daya | 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 Daaya
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