Loaya Surname
Approximately 476 people bear this surname
Loaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 376 | 1:196,488 | 19,671 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50 | 1:163,074 | 22,562 |
| Philippines | 44 | 1:2,300,869 | 126,392 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Loaya (48) may also be a first name.
Loaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Loaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Loaya occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Loaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 639,219th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,309,970 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Loaya live; 79 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Loaya is also the 1,448,253rd most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 48 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 376 people, or 1 in 196,488. Other than The DR Congo Loaya occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found and The Philippines, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Loaya
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