Panaya Surname
Approximately 2,904 people bear this surname
Panaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,838 | 1:270,284 | 15,433 |
| Philippines | 28 | 1:3,615,651 | 151,287 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Panaya (724) may also be a first name.
Panaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Panaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Panaya (Hindi: पणय, Marathi: पनया, Oriya: ପାନାୟା, Russian: Паная) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Panaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 151,643rd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,509,486 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Panaya live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Panaya is also the 306,635th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 724 people.
The surname Panaya is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 2,838 people, or 1 in 270,284. In India it is primarily found in: Tamil Nadu, where 99 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 0 percent reside and Assam, where 0 percent reside. Not including India it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 1 percent reside and Iran, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Panaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Panaya in the Hindi language | ||
| पणय | panaya | - |
| Panaya in the Marathi language | ||
| पनया | panaya | 62.86 |
| पनाया | panaya | 8.57 |
| पणया | panaya | 8.57 |
| पानया | panaya | 8.57 |
| पिनया | pinaya | 5.71 |
| पानाया | panaya | 2.86 |
| पाणया | panaya | 2.86 |
| Panaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାନାୟା | panaya | 33.33 |
| ପଣୟା | panaya | 33.33 |
| ପଣୟ | panaya | 33.33 |
| Panaya in the Russian language | ||
| Паная | panaa | - |
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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 Panaya
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