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
The surname Peyala (Marathi: पेयला, Oriya: େପୟାଲା) is found most in Zambia. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Peyala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 229,425th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,126,583 people. The last name Peyala is primarily found in Africa, where 52 percent of Peyala are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 550,922nd most frequently used forename world-wide, borne by 261 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 866 people, or 1 in 18,302. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 54 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 14 percent live. Apart from Zambia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 44 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
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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