Jamaya Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Jamaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Jamaya (271) may also be a first name.
Jamaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jamaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jamaya (Hindi: जमाया, Marathi: जमाया, Oriya: ଜାମାୟା) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jamaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,746,821st most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. Jamaya is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Jamaya live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 540,009th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 271 people.
The last name Jamaya is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 25,568,846. In India it is most numerous in: Odisha, where 80 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 3 percent live and Bihar, where 3 percent live. Besides India this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 26 percent live and Malaysia, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jamaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jamaya in the Hindi language | ||
| जमाया | jamaya | - |
| Jamaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାମାୟା | jamaya | 76.92 |
| ଜମାୟା | jamaya | 7.69 |
| ଯାମାୟା | yamaya | 7.69 |
| ଜାାୟା | jaaya | 3.85 |
| ଜାମୟା | jamaya | 3.85 |
| Jamaya in the Marathi language | ||
| जमाया | jamaya | 66.67 |
| जमया | jamaya | 33.33 |
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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 Jamaya
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