Puyaka Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Puyaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 136 | 1:339,558 | 20,421 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Puyaka (13) may also be a first name.
Puyaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puyaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Puyaka (Russian: Пуяка) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puyaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,290,735th most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. Puyaka is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Puyaka reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 13 people.
It is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 339,558. In Kenya Puyaka is most frequent in: West Pokot County, where 100 percent live. Not including Kenya it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Puyaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puyaka in the Russian language | ||
| Пуяка | puaka | - |
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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 Puyaka
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