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 surname Layla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻴﻠﻰ, Hindi: लायला, Russian: Лайла) is found in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Layla.
How Common Is The Last Name Layla? popularity and diffusion
It is the 48,512th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 685,693 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Layla reside; 68 percent reside in South Asia and 64 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 9,237th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 111,308 people.
It is most commonly held in Bangladesh, where it is borne 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 reside and Egypt, where 4 percent reside.
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
- 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 Layla
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