Iyaya Surname
Approximately 1,030 people bear this surname
Iyaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 629 | 1:117,456 | 12,805 |
| Nigeria | 179 | 1:989,624 | 41,927 |
| Kenya | 97 | 1:476,081 | 24,779 |
| Philippines | 51 | 1:1,985,063 | 118,763 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Namibia | 8 | 1:301,175 | 10,197 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Iyaya (239) may also be a first name.
Iyaya Demographics
Iyaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Iyaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iyaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺇﻳﺎﻳﻪ, Hindi: इयाया, Russian: Ияя) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 353,485th most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 7,075,287 people. The last name Iyaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Iyaya reside; 61 percent reside in Central Africa and 61 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 578,640th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 239 people.
The last name Iyaya is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 629 people, or 1 in 117,456. Beside The DR Congo this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 17 percent are found and Kenya, where 9 percent are found.
Iyaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iyaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iyaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺇﻳﺎﻳﻪ | ayayh | - |
| Iyaya in the Hindi language | ||
| इयाया | iyaya | - |
| Iyaya in the Russian language | ||
| Ияя | iaa | - |
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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 Iyaya
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