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
Esaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻌﺎﻳﻪ, Oriya: ଏସାୟା) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Esaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 414,602nd most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,675,650 people. Esaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Esaya live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 117,439th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 3,623 people.
The last name Esaya is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Besides Malawi this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in India, where 24 percent live and The DR Congo, where 12 percent live.
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
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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 Esaya
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