Poloya Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Poloya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Poloya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poloya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poloya (Oriya: େପାେଲାୟା) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poloya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Poloya is the 4,532,898th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 68 percent of Poloya reside; 68 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 68 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Poloya is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 100 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent reside and Uganda, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poloya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poloya in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାେଲାୟା | epaelaya | - |
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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 Poloya
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