Ayala is used as a family name or surname in Mexico. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ayala
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Mexico
Meaning: Quite common in Spain, it is undoubtedly a place name referring to a valley in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country. According to the linguist Joan Coromines, the place name would correspond to an Ibero-Basque root * SABS, designating the scorpion broom.

How popular is Ayala?

Ayala is common in Mexico.

Ayala is ranked 813 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ayalas grew by 39.01075 per cent to 92463 since 2000 and ranked 333 after elevating 116 spots. The last name was found in around 314 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 94.25 93.51
White 4.37 4.77
Black 0.54 0.57
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.47 0.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2 0.23
Others 0.18 0.45
Ayala is quite popular family name mostly used in Mexico while Paraguay is ahead in terms of density. Around 645659 people have been found who wears Ayala as their family name. Ayala is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
440,449 Indonesia10
9,568 Thailand8
1,031 South Korea8
361 Monaco8
18,563 Nigeria7
1,005 Cayman Islands7
38,459 New Zealand7
318,252 Ukraine6
5,340 Iceland6
2,084 Afghanistan5
114,007 Czech Republic4
59,967 Moldova4
18,114 Algeria3
7,294 Kuwait3
15,749 Finland3
12,161 Wales2
4,164 Vietnam2
7,574 Bangladesh2
3,940 Ethiopia2
82,478 South Africa2
385 American Samoa2
6,266 Luxembourg2
41,879 Turkey2
13,552 Qatar2
10,858 Tunisia2
5,936 Bahrain2
5,872 Namibia1
36,814 Romania1
2,211 Brunei1
10,683 Cyprus1
13,447 Uganda1
40,340 Malaysia1
24,460 Armenia1
19,810 Croatia1
353 Cook Islands1
340 Comoros1
2,232 French Polynesia1
2,715 Gabon1
14,618 Guyana1
11,510 Oman1
8,268 Mauritius1
8,859 Iraq1
20,172 Hungary1
37,493 Austria1
7,110 Bosnia1
12,270 Lebanon1
165,773 Belarus1
2,578 Guam1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
42,479 Greece1
1,254 Gibraltar1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
295 United States Virgin Islands48
195 Andorra43
12,692 Scotland33
62,367 Kazakhstan33
20,103 Norway33
20,233 Denmark25
313,372 Russia23
11,387 Ireland22
15,050 Singapore18
5,493 Japan11
3,922 China11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,881 Hong Kong59
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Ayala:
5,449 Canada799
17,258 Italy605
6,345 Saudi Arabia539
13,431 England441
133 Belize430
697 Costa Rica266
24,102 Poland239
13,044 Australia210
6,581 Switzerland180
120,124 India162
4,007 Portugal129
7,901 United Arab Emirates122
22,672 Netherlands115
15,958 Belgium111
Countries with thousands of Ayala:
2,043 Brazil7,266
413 Cuba3,472
190 Panama3,067
520 Dominican Republic2,415
390 Nicaragua2,296
194 Uruguay1,748
682 Israel1,508
6,895 Germany1,379
6,595 France1,310
Countries with ten thousands of Ayala:
536 United States64,638
168 Colombia58,504
13 Paraguay46,777
104 Peru42,066
100 Argentina35,029
30 El Salvador33,507
94 Ecuador29,536
100 Bolivia17,224
167 Guatemala16,974
313 Spain16,784
146 Honduras14,583
368 Venezuela13,547
270 Chile13,428
811 Philippines11,407
64 Puerto Rico10,790
Countries with hundred thousands of Ayala:
97 Mexico191,509
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 Ayala is a surname of Languedoc, from the old Occitan Agala designating a channel to drain the water it is a characteristic house name.

Ayala Namesakes

  • Abel Ayala, Actor
  • Alexis Ayala, Actor
  • Pero López de Ayala, Statesman
  • Carlos Ayala, Soccer player
  • Joey Ayala, Singer-songwriter
  • Aubrey Ayala, Musical Artist
  • Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Businessman
  • Ramón Ayala, Musician
  • Roberto Ayala, Soccer player
  • Alexis Ayala, Actor
  • In 2016, Silvana Ayala played the role of Sincericida 12 in adventure, fantasy movie Horizontal Flip.
  • In 2014, Dagma Ayala played the role of Camelia in drama flick Camelia La Noche Mas Obscura.
  • In 2020, Hector Ayala portrayed the role of Slight in horror and mystery flick Blood Widow.
  • Sebastián Ayala, from 2013 drama movie La Pasión de Michelangelo, who portrayed Miguel Ángel 'Michelangelo' Poblete.
  • In 2017 drama and fantasy flick, Arte Factum, Melissa Ayala played Babylon.

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