Esaya Surname
Approximately 840 people bear this surname
Esaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 471 | 1:36,346 | 5,352 |
| India | 202 | 1:3,797,353 | 104,924 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Esaya (3,623) may also be a first name.
Esaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Esaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Esaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻌﺎﻳﻪ, Oriya: ଏସାୟା) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Esaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 414,602nd most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,675,650 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Esaya live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Esaya is also the 117,439th most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 3,623 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Apart from Malawi this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in India, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Esaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Esaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﻌﺎﻳﻪ | alsayh | - |
| Esaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏସାୟା | esaya | 71.43 |
| ଏସୟା | esaya | 28.57 |
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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 Esaya
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