Laoya Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Laoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 37 | 1:2,736,168 | 135,784 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Laoya (1,719) may also be a first name.
Laoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Laoya occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Laoya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,460,878th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name Laoya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Laoya live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 61 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Laoya is also the 185,155th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 1,719 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 2,736,168. In The Philippines Laoya is most prevalent in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 97 percent live and Davao Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding The Philippines Laoya is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 18 percent live and Taiwan, where 10 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
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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 Laoya
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