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
The last name Kayah is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kayah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 293,533rd most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 5,601,496 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 77 percent of Kayah reside; 60 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 58 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kayah is also the 62,931st most numerous given name internationally, held by 9,613 people.
Kayah is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 659 people, or 1 in 200,682. In Indonesia Kayah is most numerous in: East Java, where 32 percent reside, West Java, where 27 percent reside and Central Java, where 14 percent reside. Not including Indonesia it exists in 18 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 14 percent reside and Liberia, where 11 percent reside.
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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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