Gay-Ya

Name: Gay-Ya: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-10

surname · Latin script

Gay-Ya is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country.

rarermore common

NGNigeria≈1 in 249K(inferred from the name graph)
ESSpain1 in 20Kas Gaya
UYUruguay1 in 42Kas Gaya

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Gay-Ya itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Spain (measured from records)
Sources: 99 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 249K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Gayá in ES Spain, AR Argentina and Gayya in US United States, NG Nigeria.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gay-Ya counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gay-Ya is recorded, by country
Country				Most common spelling	Sources
ES Spain	2,553as Gaya	1 in 20K	2.6K	Gayá	99
NG Nigeria	≈860 est.	≈1 in 249K	—	Gayya	12
AR Argentina	591as Gaya	1 in 77K	591	Gayá	41
IN India	400as Gaya	1 in 3.3M	400	—	9
US United States	196as Gaya	1 in 1.7M	213	Gayya	58
UY Uruguay	80as Gaya	1 in 42K	80	—	10
GY Guyana	8as Gaya	1 in 94K	8	—	—

2,553 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos), counting the spelling gaya. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gay-Ya is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Indonesia, Nigeria, Philippines
Also written Gayya
Swahili surname2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Nigeria, Philippines, United States
Also written Gayya

6 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Gay-Ya under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Gay-Ya have the most bearers?: In Spain, the national register counted about 2.6 thousand people named Gaya, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Gay-Ya?: In Spain, the national register counted 2,553 people named Gaya, about 1 in 20 thousand residents.

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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gay-ya

The same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.

About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 2026-10-10 and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gay-Ya”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)