Looya Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Looya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 202 | 1:228,613 | 16,073 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Looya (50) may also be a first name.
Looya Demographics
Looya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Looya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Looya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Looya occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Looya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Looya is the 1,055,483rd most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Looya are found; 87 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 50 people.
The last name Looya is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 228,613. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Turkana County, where 100 percent are found. Beside Kenya Looya is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Looya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loya | 89 | 50,413 | / |
| Looy | 89 | 735 | / |
| Looa | 89 | 2 | / |
| Louya | 80 | 1,826 | / |
| Loyau | 80 | 1,026 | / |
| Loaya | 80 | 476 | / |
| Loyha | 80 | 329 | / |
| Looye | 80 | 241 | / |
| Loyas | 80 | 158 | / |
| Loyah | 80 | 142 | / |
| Lohya | 80 | 72 | / |
| Loyat | 80 | 56 | / |
| Looys | 80 | 23 | / |
| Hloya | 80 | 20 | / |
| Lloya | 80 | 20 | / |
| Looyo | 80 | 16 | / |
| Looyd | 80 | 15 | / |
| Looyi | 80 | 12 | / |
| Loyaa | 80 | 8 | / |
| Lyoya | 80 | 7 | / |
| Loyaz | 80 | 5 | / |
| Loyad | 80 | 5 | / |
| Lhoya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lioya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Looja | 80 | 2 | / |
| Llooy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Loyap | 80 | 1 | / |
| Loohy | 80 | 0 | / |
| Loy | 75 | 32,104 | / |
| Loa | 75 | 9,955 | / |
| Loyeau | 73 | 182 | / |
| Loyaux | 73 | 130 | / |
| Lojaya | 73 | 101 | / |
| Loyaya | 73 | 72 | / |
| Louyat | 73 | 49 | / |
| Loyowa | 73 | 21 | / |
| Loyaud | 73 | 19 | / |
| Loyash | 73 | 14 | / |
| Lojova | 73 | 7 | / |
| Louyah | 73 | 5 | / |
| Looyeh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Llooyd | 73 | 3 | / |
| Loyova | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lloyad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Llooyi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Loyaph | 73 | 1 | / |
| L'Loya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Loyass | 73 | 0 | / |
| Laya | 67 | 51,527 | / |
| Leya | 67 | 22,791 | / |
| Loyo | 67 | 20,646 | / |
| Loyd | 67 | 20,562 | / |
| Liya | 67 | 18,862 | / |
| Loja | 67 | 16,361 | / |
| Luya | 67 | 6,874 | / |
| Lojo | 67 | 4,245 | / |
| Loyi | 67 | 3,279 | / |
| Loye | 67 | 2,003 | / |
| Lohy | 67 | 1,504 | / |
| Loia | 67 | 1,173 | / |
| Lioy | 67 | 978 | / |
| Loio | 67 | 580 | / |
| Loys | 67 | 388 | / |
| Louy | 67 | 332 | / |
| Lojy | 67 | 312 | / |
| Lyay | 67 | 310 | / |
| Lloy | 67 | 303 | / |
| Lyau | 67 | 208 | / |
| Lloa | 67 | 169 | / |
| Loiy | 67 | 122 | / |
| Lyai | 67 | 44 | / |
| Luoy | 67 | 27 | / |
| Lioa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Loyt | 67 | 14 | / |
| Luoa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Loihaya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lhoy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lyia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loyh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lyya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loyy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Looj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hloa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loyault | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loïa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loøy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loğa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lohgaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loyj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loyp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyja | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Looya
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