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/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Aguiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Aguiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,058,336th most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Aguiya reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used given name at a global level, borne by 16 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 227 people, or 1 in 45,531. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Mono Department, where 51 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 18 percent reside and Zou Department, where 14 percent reside. Beside Benin Aguiya is found 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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