Taaya Surname
Approximately 384 people bear this surname
Taaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 366 | 1:106,665 | 10,503 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
Taaya (36) may also be a first name.
Taaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻄﺎﻳﻌﻪ, Marathi: ताया) occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 748,537th most common family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 18,977,984 people. The last name Taaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Taaya live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly used given name world-wide It is held by 36 people.
The surname is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 366 people, or 1 in 106,665. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Budaka District, where 45 percent are found, Kibuku District, where 37 percent are found and Pallisa District, where 10 percent are found. Other than Uganda it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent are found and Pakistan, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Taaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Taaya in the Marathi language | ||
| ताया | taya | - |
| Taaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻄﺎﻳﻌﻪ | altayh | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﻄﺎﻳﻊ | altay | 50 |
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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 Taaya
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