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 be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Looyan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 474,151st most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,322,303 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 33 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 503 people, or 1 in 77,613. In Uganda Looyan is most prevalent in: Nakapiripirit District, where 66 percent live, Napak District, where 21 percent live and Moroto District, where 8 percent live. Beside Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 29 percent live.
Looyan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname 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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