Aguiya Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Aguiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 227 | 1:45,531 | 5,789 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Aguiya (16) may also be a first name.
Aguiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aguiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Aguiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻛﻲ, Hindi: अगुइया) occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Aguiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aguiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,058,336th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Aguiya live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Aguiya is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 16 people.
This last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 227 people, or 1 in 45,531. In Benin Aguiya is mostly found in: Mono Department, where 51 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 18 percent reside and Zou Department, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Benin it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aguiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aguiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻛﻲ | aky | - |
| Aguiya in the Hindi language | ||
| अगुइया | agu'iya | - |
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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 Aguiya
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