Ulaya Surname
Approximately 15,290 people bear this surname
Ulaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9,176 | 1:5,770 | 755 |
| Malawi | 3,346 | 1:5,116 | 720 |
| India | 2,484 | 1:308,802 | 17,285 |
| Zambia | 70 | 1:226,427 | 14,143 |
| Zimbabwe | 56 | 1:275,683 | 28,626 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Ulaya (1,079) may also be a first name.
Ulaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ulaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ulaya (Marathi: उलया, Oriya: ଉଳୟା) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ulaya? popularity and diffusion
Ulaya is the 34,663rd most commonly used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 476,622 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Ulaya are found; 60 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Ulaya is also the 243,209th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,079 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 9,176 people, or 1 in 5,770. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Rukwa Region, where 23 percent live, Mtwara Region, where 22 percent live and Katavi Region, where 10 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 22 percent live and India, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ulaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ulaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉଳୟା | ulaya | - |
| Ulaya in the Marathi language | ||
| उलया | ulaya | 75 |
| फ़ुलया | fulaya | 12.5 |
| उलाया | ulaya | 12.5 |
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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 Ulaya
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