Siaya Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Siaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Siaya (235) may also be a first name.
Siaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Siaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Siaya (Hindi: सिाया) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Siaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,798,600th most widespread surname globally It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Siaya are found; 59 percent are found in East Africa and 41 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Siaya is also the 584,346th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 235 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania Siaya is mostly found in: Arusha Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 26 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Siaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Siaya in the Hindi language | ||
| सिाया | siaya | 91.67 |
| सिया | siya | 8.33 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Siaya
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