Omaiah Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Omaiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Omaiah (39) may also be a first name.
Omaiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omaiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Omaiah is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Omaiah.
How Common Is The Last Name Omaiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Omaiah reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 96 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,637,361st most prevalent given name globally It is held by 39 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 1,228,926. In Malaysia Omaiah is mostly found in: Sarawak, where 92 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Malaysia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Omaiah
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