Hayya Surname
Approximately 2,646 people bear this surname
Hayya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,969 | 1:9,747 | 743 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Indonesia | 185 | 1:714,861 | 55,312 |
| Jordan | 138 | 1:64,076 | 5,703 |
| Nigeria | 112 | 1:1,581,632 | 59,341 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Hayya (5,026) may also be a first name.
Hayya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hayya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hayya (Arabic: الحيا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻴﺔ, Hindi: हयया) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hayya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 164,010th most common family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,754,175 people. The last name Hayya is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Hayya reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 95,915th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 5,026 people.
The surname Hayya is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 1,969 people, or 1 in 9,747. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tahoua Region, where 75 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 13 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 12 percent reside. Beside Niger this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 8 percent reside and Indonesia, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hayya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hayya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻴﺔ | hyt | - |
| Hayya in the Hindi language | ||
| हयया | hayaya | 66.67 |
| हय्य | hayya | 33.33 |
| Hayya in the Arabic language | ||
| الحيا | alhya | - |
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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 Hayya
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