Luiya Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Luiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
Luiya (260) may also be a first name.
Luiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Luiya (Bengali: লুইয়া, Hindi: लुइया, Marathi: लुईया, Russian: Луия) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luiya? popularity and diffusion
Luiya is the 1,210,518th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. The surname Luiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Luiya live; 71 percent live in Central Africa and 71 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Luiya is also the 552,051st most commonly occurring given name internationally It is held by 260 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 539,267. Excluding The DR Congo this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Luiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Luiya in the Bengali language | ||
| লুইয়া | lu'iya | - |
| Luiya in the Hindi language | ||
| लुइया | lu'iya | 81.25 |
| लुईया | lu'iya | 18.75 |
| Luiya in the Marathi language | ||
| लुईया | lu'iya | 60 |
| लुइया | lu'iya | 40 |
| Luiya in the Russian language | ||
| Луия | luia | - |
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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 Luiya
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