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) is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aguiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Aguiya is the 1,058,336th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Aguiya are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Aguiya is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name internationally, borne by 16 people.
The last name Aguiya is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 227 people, or 1 in 45,531. In Benin Aguiya is most prevalent in: Mono Department, where 51 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 18 percent reside and Zou Department, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common 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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