Jayawa Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Jayawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 22 | 1:872,364 | 19,806 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jayawa (10) may also be a first name.
Jayawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jayawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jayawa is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jayawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,944,094th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Jayawa reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 10 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 872,364. In Niger Jayawa is most common in: Maradi Region, where 59 percent live, Zinder Region, where 36 percent live and Agadez Region, where 5 percent live. Other than Niger this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 43 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Jayawa
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