Peyala Surname
Approximately 1,766 people bear this surname
Peyala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 866 | 1:18,302 | 2,051 |
| India | 776 | 1:988,486 | 41,873 |
| Papua New Guinea | 72 | 1:113,246 | 15,376 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Peyala (261) may also be a first name.
Peyala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peyala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peyala (Marathi: पेयला, Oriya: େପୟାଲା) has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peyala? popularity and diffusion
Peyala is the 229,425th most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,126,583 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 52 percent of Peyala live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 550,922nd most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 261 people.
It is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 866 people, or 1 in 18,302. In Zambia it is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 54 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Zambia Peyala occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 44 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Peyala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Peyala in the Oriya language | ||
| େପୟାଲା | epayala | - |
| Peyala in the Marathi language | ||
| पेयला | peyala | 60 |
| पेयाला | peyala | 40 |
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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 Peyala
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