Diayi Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Diayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 134 | 1:1,321,961 | 52,161 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
Diayi (631) may also be a first name.
Diayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Diayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Diayi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻳﺎﻉ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Diayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Diayi is the 1,152,132nd most commonly used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 35,036,278 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Diayi live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Diayi is also the 331,447th most widespread first name globally, held by 631 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 1,321,961. In Nigeria Diayi is most numerous in: Lagos, where 43 percent live, Delta, where 16 percent live and Edo, where 13 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Diayi is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and Niger, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Diayi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Diayi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻳﺎﻉ | dya | 50 |
| ﺟﺎﻳﺎ | jaya | 50 |
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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 Diayi
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