Dayah

surname · Latin script

Meaning: foster mother

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/dˈajah/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Dayah is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 36K(inferred from the name graph)
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 289K
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 318K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)

≈930 people, est.

Sources
53 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 36K (inferred from the name graph)

Malaysia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

foster mother

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dayah 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 Dayah is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia≈930 est.≈1 in 289KDayah43
MY Malaysia≈910 est.≈1 in 36KDayah22
NG Nigeria≈190 est.≈1 in 1.1MDayah4
ZA South Africa≈140 est.≈1 in 411KDayah7
SY Syria≈45 est.≈1 in 435KDayah7
IL Israel≈27 est.≈1 in 318KDayah4
SG Singapore≈18 est.≈1 in 349KDayah7

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.

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)

Dayah is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom, India, South Africa, United States

    Also written Dāyah

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Deyah, Déyah, Däyäh

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Deyah

  • Hindi given name36 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Indonesia, Thailand

    Languages: Hindi, Indonesian, Bangla

    Also written Daya, ดายะ, ดายา, ดาญา, ดาย๊ะ

28 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

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

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Dayah mean, and where does it come from?
foster mother Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Dayah?
A machine transcription gives /dˈajah/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
In which country does Dayah have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 925 people named Dayah in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dayah.
How common is the name Dayah?
Mondonomo estimates about 930 people in Indonesia have Dayah as their first surname, about 1 in 289 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 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, “Dayah”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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