Layah Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Layah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Layah (243) may also be a first name.
Layah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Layah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Layah is borne by more people in Iraq than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Layah.
How Common Is The Last Name Layah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,817,111th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name Layah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Layah live; 36 percent live in West Asia and 36 percent live in Levant. It is also the 573,164th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 243 people.
Layah is most frequently used in Iraq, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 946,531. Beside Iraq it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 21 percent reside and Nigeria, where 21 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 Layah
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