Abdiya Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Abdiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 196 | 1:235,612 | 16,480 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Abdiya (4,928) may also be a first name.
Abdiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abdiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abdiya (Arabic: ابديع, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺒﺪﻳﻪ, Hindi: अब्दिया, Marathi: अबिदया, Oriya: ଆବଦିଆ) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abdiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,088,856th most numerous family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. The last name Abdiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Abdiya live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Abdiya is also the 97,078th most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 4,928 people.
It is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 235,612. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Wajir County, where 99 percent reside and Mandera County, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 4 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abdiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abdiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺒﺪﻳﻪ | bdyh | - |
| Abdiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆବଦିଆ | abadi'a | - |
| Abdiya in the Marathi language | ||
| अबिदया | abidaya | - |
| Abdiya in the Hindi language | ||
| अब्दिया | abdiya | 66.67 |
| अबदिया | abadiya | 33.33 |
| Abdiya in the Arabic language | ||
| ابديع | abdy | - |
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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 Abdiya
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