Jalaya Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Jalaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Jalaya (122) may also be a first name.
Jalaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jalaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jalaya (Bengali: জলায়া, Hindi: जलया, Marathi: जलया, Oriya: ଜଲାୟା) is found most in Nigeria. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jalaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,414,640th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname Jalaya is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Jalaya are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 844,248th most commonly used first name globally, held by 122 people.
Jalaya is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 4,428,569. In Nigeria it is most common in: Taraba, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 25 percent reside and India, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jalaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jalaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜଲାୟା | jalaya | - |
| Jalaya in the Bengali language | ||
| জলায়া | jalaya | 75 |
| জালায়া | jalaya | 25 |
| Jalaya in the Hindi language | ||
| जलया | jalaya | 40 |
| जालया | jalaya | 40 |
| जलय | jalaya | 20 |
| Jalaya in the Marathi language | ||
| जलया | jalaya | 40 |
| जळया | jalaya | 30 |
| जालया | jalaya | 25 |
| जलजा | jalaja | 5 |
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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 Jalaya
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