Dan Aya Surname
Approximately 487 people bear this surname
Dan Aya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 382 | 1:50,241 | 2,518 |
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
Dan Aya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dan Aya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dan Aya is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dan Aya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 628,294th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 14,964,160 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dan Aya live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 382 people, or 1 in 50,241. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 65 percent live, Dosso Region, where 12 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 12 percent live. Aside from Niger this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 22 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 Dan Aya
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