Nayaya Surname
Approximately 1,632 people bear this surname
Nayaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,456 | 1:121,664 | 8,019 |
| Niger | 130 | 1:147,631 | 5,431 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Nayaya (543) may also be a first name.
Nayaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nayaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nayaya (Hindi: नयाय, Oriya: ନାୟୟ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nayaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 244,182nd most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,465,408 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nayaya reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nayaya is also the 361,572nd most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 543 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,456 people, or 1 in 121,664. In Nigeria Nayaya is most common in: Kano, where 29 percent are found, Jigawa, where 19 percent are found and Bauchi, where 10 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 8 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nayaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nayaya in the Hindi language | ||
| नयाय | nayaya | - |
| Nayaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାୟୟ | nayaya | - |
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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 Nayaya
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