Looyan Surname
Approximately 706 people bear this surname
Looyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 503 | 1:77,613 | 8,409 |
| Kenya | 203 | 1:227,487 | 15,979 |
Looyan (33) may also be a first name.
Looyan Demographics
Looyan Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Looyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Looyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Looyan has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Looyan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Looyan? popularity and diffusion
Looyan is the 474,151st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 10,322,303 people. Looyan occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Looyan live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 33 people.
The surname Looyan is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 503 people, or 1 in 77,613. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Nakapiripirit District, where 66 percent are found, Napak District, where 21 percent are found and Moroto District, where 8 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 29 percent are found.
Looyan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Looyan
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