Kandaya Surname
Approximately 3,622 people bear this surname
Kandaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,902 | 1:5,899 | 841 |
| DR Congo | 212 | 1:348,489 | 30,654 |
| Cameroon | 160 | 1:129,807 | 14,666 |
| Philippines | 134 | 1:755,509 | 74,327 |
| Zimbabwe | 77 | 1:200,497 | 23,224 |
| Malaysia | 40 | 1:737,356 | 34,564 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Kandaya (328) may also be a first name.
Kandaya Demographics
Average Kandaya Salary in
United States
$67,031 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kandaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kandaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kandaya (Bengali: কান্দায়া, Hindi: कन्दया, Marathi: कांडया, Oriya: କାୟା) is most common in Malawi. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kandaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kandaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 125,633rd most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,012,023 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kandaya live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kandaya is also the 484,112th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 328 people.
The surname Kandaya is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 2,902 people, or 1 in 5,899. Other than Malawi this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
Kandaya Last Name Statistics demography
Kandaya earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 55.35% more than the national average, earning $67,031 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kandaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kandaya in the Bengali language | ||
| কান্দায়া | kandaya | - |
| Kandaya in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्दया | kandaya | - |
| Kandaya in the Marathi language | ||
| कांडया | kandaya | 88.29 |
| कंडया | kandaya | 4.05 |
| कंदया | kandaya | 3.6 |
| कांदया | kandaya | 2.7 |
| कातुडया | katudaya | 0.45 |
| कंदाया | kandaya | 0.45 |
| कानडया | kanadaya | 0.45 |
| Kandaya in the Oriya language | ||
| କାୟା | kaya | 76 |
| କାାୟା | kaaya | 16 |
| ଇକାୟା | ikaya | 4 |
| େକକାୟା | ekakaya | 4 |
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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 Kandaya
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