Nia Forename
6,102nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 172,001 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Wales
Nia Forename User-submission:
Nia is a name of African-Swahili origin meaning 'aim' or 'purpose.' It is the name of the fifth day of Kwanzaa dedicated to restoring bonds and creating unity.
Nia Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 100% | 146,743 | 1:1,758 | 151 |
| United States | 100% | 5,713 | 1:63,458 | 3,284 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,136 | 1:987 | 234 |
| Mali | 96% | 2,817 | 1:6,027 | 571 |
| Tanzania | 82% | 2,249 | 1:23,472 | 2,282 |
| Georgia | 98% | 1,819 | 1:2,055 | 348 |
| England | 100% | 1,033 | 1:53,827 | 2,491 |
| Pakistan | 62% | 896 | 1:216,917 | 7,049 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 810 | 1:37,593 | 3,297 |
| DR Congo | 94% | 541 | 1:136,465 | 6,685 |
| New Zealand | - | 517 | 1:8,774 | 981 |
| India | 78% | 504 | 1:2,410,472 | 118,258 |
| Burkina Faso | 56% | 466 | 1:39,441 | 2,926 |
| Afghanistan | 67% | 426 | 1:76,581 | 3,014 |
| Philippines | 98% | 394 | 1:269,060 | 10,875 |
| Malawi | 100% | 296 | 1:57,812 | 3,676 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 295 | 1:8,335 | 821 |
| Iran | 100% | 279 | 1:281,351 | 4,411 |
| Morocco | - | 218 | 1:157,563 | 4,496 |
| Canada | 100% | 210 | 1:157,778 | 6,622 |
| Ivory Coast | 68% | 153 | 1:150,823 | 8,152 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 153 | 1:46,745 | 4,247 |
| Thailand | 97% | 147 | 1:476,638 | 23,043 |
| Papua New Guinea | 51% | 141 | 1:57,818 | 5,576 |
| Brazil | 100% | 136 | 1:1,575,266 | 35,879 |
| Cambodia | 60% | 126 | 1:129,153 | 5,103 |
| Spain | 100% | 118 | 1:394,322 | 5,674 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Australia | - | 99 | 1:137,956 | 4,338 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 95 | 1:2,562 | 388 |
| Netherlands | 97% | 93 | 1:181,743 | 7,171 |
| Iraq | 100% | 92 | 1:380,629 | 4,844 |
| Germany | 100% | 69 | 1:1,401,129 | 9,483 |
| Italy | 98% | 61 | 1:1,001,018 | 8,674 |
| Russia | 89% | 61 | 1:2,364,487 | 15,042 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 56 | 1:424,459 | 26,119 |
| Vietnam | 61% | 55 | 1:1,684,057 | 3,051 |
| Denmark | - | 46 | 1:122,815 | 3,283 |
| Mexico | 100% | 44 | 1:2,821,464 | 14,460 |
| Greece | 100% | 42 | 1:260,346 | 4,693 |
| Qatar | - | 38 | 1:62,358 | 7,477 |
| South Africa | 91% | 35 | 1:1,558,076 | 50,706 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| Scotland | 100% | 31 | 1:172,592 | 3,232 |
| Finland | 97% | 28 | 1:195,828 | 3,377 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 28 | 1:48,622 | 4,388 |
| Belgium | 100% | 22 | 1:522,275 | 8,300 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 19 | 1:367,915 | 6,773 |
| China | - | 19 | 1:71,897,673 | 63,377 |
| Switzerland | 93% | 19 | 1:432,289 | 7,332 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Chile | 100% | 18 | 1:978,178 | 8,954 |
| Kenya | - | 18 | 1:2,572,617 | 21,139 |
| Zimbabwe | 63% | 18 | 1:856,879 | 31,986 |
| Singapore | - | 17 | 1:369,827 | 10,107 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Nigeria | 66% | 16 | 1:11,097,772 | 123,439 |
| South Ossetia | 86% | 16 | 1:3,347 | 425 |
| France | 100% | 14 | 1:4,747,881 | 19,704 |
| Senegal | 80% | 14 | 1:1,041,525 | 9,505 |
| Sweden | 100% | 14 | 1:704,136 | 15,982 |
| Czechia | 72% | 13 | 1:819,705 | 3,136 |
| Japan | - | 12 | 1:10,665,505 | 35,725 |
| Hong Kong | - | 11 | 1:704,793 | 4,980 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 11 | 1:322,755 | 3,178 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 10 | 1:58,096 | 3,433 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Ghana | 100% | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Tuvalu | - | 9 | 1:1,237 | 11 |
| Venezuela | - | 8 | 1:3,775,237 | 55,178 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Colombia | 100% | 7 | 1:6,825,561 | 33,843 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Guyana | - | 7 | 1:109,037 | 8,020 |
| Honduras | - | 7 | 1:1,259,638 | 12,726 |
| Jordan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Romania | 100% | 6 | 1:3,341,996 | 26,471 |
| Argentina | 100% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Belarus | 71% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Peru | 100% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Israel | 97% | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Norway | 100% | 4 | 1:1,283,082 | 16,224 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Ireland | - | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Grenada | 100% | 3 | 1:36,042 | 2,687 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Saint Lucia | 67% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Cameroon | 50% | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Niger | 50% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Nía (6) are calculated separately.
Nia (18,108) may also be a surname.
Nia Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Nia is a name of African-Swahili origin meaning 'aim' or 'purpose.' It is the name of the fifth day of Kwanzaa dedicated to restoring bonds and creating unity.
- mochimichoNia Forename Popularity
Nia Demographics
Average Nia Salary in
United States
$35,470 USD
Per year
Rank:
317,798 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00100556
Rank: 4,362 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
81.49%
Sample size: 2,337 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Nia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nia in the Russian language | ||
| Ниа | nia | - |
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