Dayil Surname
Approximately 1,396 people bear this surname
Dayil Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,370 | 1:129,301 | 8,436 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Dayil (216) may also be a first name.
Dayil Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dayil Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dayil (Arabic: داييل, Hindi: दयील) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dayil? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dayil is the 277,488th most widespread surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 5,220,305 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dayil live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dayil is also the 614,549th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 216 people.
The surname Dayil is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,370 people, or 1 in 129,301. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 88 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 7 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dayil Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dayil in the Hindi language | ||
| दयील | dayila | - |
| Dayil in the Arabic language | ||
| داييل | dayyl | - |
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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 Dayil
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