Rataya Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Rataya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Rataya (206) may also be a first name.
Rataya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rataya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rataya (Marathi: रतया, Oriya: ରାତାୟା) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Rataya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rataya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,808,717th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Rataya live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 630,600th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 206 people.
The surname Rataya is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria Rataya is most common in: Kaduna, where 70 percent live, Kano, where 27 percent live and Zamfara, where 3 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent live and Malaysia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rataya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rataya in the Marathi language | ||
| रतया | rataya | 50 |
| रातया | rataya | 25 |
| राटया | rataya | 25 |
| Rataya in the Oriya language | ||
| ରାତାୟା | rataya | 38.46 |
| ରାତାୟ | rataya | 30.77 |
| ରତାୟା | rataya | 23.08 |
| ରଟୟା | rataya | 7.69 |
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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 Rataya
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