Layai Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Layai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Layai (18) may also be a first name.
Layai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Layai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Layai is found most in Indonesia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Layai.
How Common Is The Last Name Layai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,746,821st most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Layai live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 88 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Layai is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 18 people.
The surname Layai is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 3,148,790. In Indonesia Layai is most frequent in: Maluku, where 57 percent reside, North Maluku, where 33 percent reside and Southeast Sulawesi, where 10 percent reside. Not including Indonesia this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 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 Layai
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