Achiya Surname
Approximately 920 people bear this surname
Achiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Kenya | 197 | 1:234,416 | 16,434 |
| Uganda | 178 | 1:219,322 | 17,083 |
| Tanzania | 105 | 1:504,206 | 33,569 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Achiya (7,713) may also be a first name.
Achiya Demographics
Achiya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Achiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Achiya (Bengali: আছিয়া, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺸﻴﻪ, Hindi: अचिया, Marathi: अचीया, Oriya: ଆଚିୟା) is found most in Bangladesh. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Achiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 386,017th most numerous family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,921,246 people. The surname Achiya is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Achiya live; 52 percent live in East Africa and 39 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Achiya is also the 72,812th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 7,713 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 360 people, or 1 in 442,658. Beside Bangladesh Achiya is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 21 percent live and Uganda, where 19 percent live.
Achiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Achiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Achiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺸﻴﻪ | shyh | - |
| Achiya in the Marathi language | ||
| अचीया | aciya | - |
| Achiya in the Bengali language | ||
| আছিয়া | achiya | 75.36 |
| আচিয়া | aciya | 10.14 |
| অছিয়া | achiya | 7.25 |
| অচিয়া | aciya | 6.52 |
| অছীয়া | achiya | 0.72 |
| Achiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଚିୟା | aciya | 66.67 |
| ଅିୟା | aiya | 33.33 |
| Achiya in the Hindi language | ||
| अचिया | aciya | 59.09 |
| अचीया | aciya | 31.82 |
| आचिया | aciya | 9.09 |
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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 Achiya
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