Jayau Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Jayau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
Jayau (124) may also be a first name.
Jayau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jayau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jayau (Hindi: जय, Marathi: जयाऊ) occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Jayau.
How Common Is The Last Name Jayau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,979,664th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Jayau are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jayau is also the 836,439th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 124 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Zamfara, where 94 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent reside and Taraba, where 3 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Jayau occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 19 percent reside and India, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jayau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jayau in the Marathi language | ||
| जयाऊ | jaya'u | - |
| Jayau in the Hindi language | ||
| जय | jaya | 28.57 |
| जयउ | jaya'u | 14.29 |
| िजयाउ | ijaya'u | 14.29 |
| जायौ | jayau | 14.29 |
| जयाऊ | jaya'u | 14.29 |
| जयाउ | jaya'u | 14.29 |
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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 Jayau
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