Layla Surname
Approximately 10,628 people bear this surname
Layla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 6,849 | 1:23,267 | 1,601 |
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| Egypt | 427 | 1:215,306 | 15,336 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| India | 376 | 1:2,040,068 | 69,568 |
| United Arab Emirates | 365 | 1:25,102 | 2,822 |
| Indonesia | 345 | 1:383,331 | 32,711 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| Thailand | 34 | 1:2,077,598 | 243,257 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Peru | 16 | 1:1,986,508 | 25,077 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Senegal | 9 | 1:1,619,927 | 4,107 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
Layla (111,308) may also be a first name.
Layla Demographics
Average Layla Salary in
England
£29,089
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Layla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Layla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Layla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻴﻠﻰ, Hindi: लायला, Russian: Лайла) is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Layla? popularity and diffusion
The surname Layla is the 48,512th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 685,693 people. The surname Layla occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Layla are found; 68 percent are found in South Asia and 64 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Layla is also the 9,237th most numerous given name in the world It is held by 111,308 people.
Layla is most common in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 6,849 people, or 1 in 23,267. Barring Bangladesh it exists in 27 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 15 percent are found and Egypt, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Layla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Layla in the Hindi language | ||
| लायला | layala | - |
| Layla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻴﻠﻰ | lyly | 60 |
| ﻟﻴﻼ | lyla | 20 |
| ﻻﻳﻠﻪ | laylh | 10 |
| ﻟﻴﻠﺔ | lylt | 10 |
| Layla in the Russian language | ||
| Лайла | lajla | - |
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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 Layla
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