Liyau Surname
Approximately 643 people bear this surname
Liyau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 478 | 1:370,592 | 19,784 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Tanzania | 16 | 1:3,308,851 | 50,463 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Liyau (982) may also be a first name.
Liyau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liyau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Liyau is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Liyau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Liyau is the 509,082nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 11,333,664 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Liyau reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 257,086th most frequent given name globally. It is borne by 982 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 478 people, or 1 in 370,592. In Nigeria Liyau is mostly found in: Zamfara, where 58 percent reside, Sokoto, where 26 percent reside and Kebbi, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liyaou | 91 | 16 | / |
| Liyahu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Liyaau | 91 | 3 | / |
| Loyau | 80 | 1,026 | / |
| Layau | 80 | 300 | / |
| Liyou | 80 | 286 | / |
| Liuyu | 80 | 217 | / |
| Laiyu | 80 | 143 | / |
| Lijau | 80 | 68 | / |
| Leiau | 80 | 33 | / |
| Luyau | 80 | 19 | / |
| Leyau | 80 | 18 | / |
| Leiyu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Laiau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Layaou | 73 | 213 | / |
| Loyaux | 73 | 130 | / |
| Liuyou | 73 | 118 | / |
| Laiyou | 73 | 106 | / |
| Lieyou | 73 | 101 | / |
| Liyohu | 73 | 26 | / |
| Loyaud | 73 | 19 | / |
| Layaud | 73 | 5 | / |
| Lauyau | 73 | 3 | / |
| Layahu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Leiyou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leiyuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Laiyue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Layauj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leiyue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Liju | 67 | 1,692 | / |
| Luyu | 67 | 194 | / |
| Leyu | 67 | 116 | / |
| Luiu | 67 | 111 | / |
| Leiu | 67 | 60 | / |
| Loyu | 67 | 55 | / |
| Loiu | 67 | 19 | / |
| Léau | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lăiu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lieyouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loyault | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lauyaux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Layhaus | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lauyaus | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Liyau
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