Liyama Surname
Approximately 736 people bear this surname
Liyama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Tanzania | 237 | 1:223,382 | 18,549 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Zambia | 9 | 1:1,761,102 | 32,119 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Liyama (189) may also be a first name.
Liyama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liyama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Liyama (Hindi: लियामा, Marathi: िलयमा) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Liyama? popularity and diffusion
Liyama is the 459,064th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,901,557 people. The last name Liyama occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Liyama live; 37 percent live in Southern Africa and 37 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 661,310th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, held by 189 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Outside of Malawi this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 32 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Liyama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Liyama in the Hindi language | ||
| लियामा | liyama | - |
| Liyama in the Marathi language | ||
| िलयमा | ilayama | - |
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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 Liyama
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