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
Nayaya (Hindi: नयाय, Oriya: ନାୟୟ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nayaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nayaya is the 244,182nd most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,465,408 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nayaya live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 361,572nd most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 543 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,456 people, or 1 in 121,664. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 29 percent reside, Jigawa, where 19 percent reside and Bauchi, where 10 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Nayaya exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 8 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
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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