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 surname Kayah is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 293,533rd most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,601,496 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 77 percent of Kayah reside; 60 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 58 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 62,931st most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 9,613 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 659 people, or 1 in 200,682. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: East Java, where 32 percent are found, West Java, where 27 percent are found and Central Java, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia it occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 14 percent are found and Liberia, where 11 percent are found.
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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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