Kayah Surname
Approximately 1,301 people bear this surname
Kayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 659 | 1:200,682 | 19,028 |
| Iran | 184 | 1:417,296 | 26,403 |
| Liberia | 139 | 1:31,716 | 2,998 |
| Cameroon | 97 | 1:214,114 | 21,748 |
| Malaysia | 52 | 1:567,197 | 27,732 |
| Philippines | 47 | 1:2,154,005 | 122,929 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kayah (9,613) may also be a first name.
Kayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kayah is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 293,533rd most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,601,496 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Kayah live; 60 percent live in Southeast Asia and 58 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 62,931st most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 9,613 people.
This surname is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 659 people, or 1 in 200,682. In Indonesia Kayah is most prevalent in: East Java, where 32 percent live, West Java, where 27 percent live and Central Java, where 14 percent live. Besides Indonesia this last name exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 14 percent live and Liberia, where 11 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 Kayah
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