Amiya Surname
Approximately 2,468 people bear this surname
Amiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,270 | 1:30,740 | 4,169 |
| Japan | 737 | 1:173,466 | 8,316 |
| India | 160 | 1:4,794,159 | 122,003 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Thailand | 49 | 1:1,441,599 | 197,614 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Namibia | 8 | 1:301,175 | 10,197 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Amiya (61,523) may also be a first name.
Amiya Demographics
Amiya Political Affiliation
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Amiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amiya (Bengali: অমিয়, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻪ, Hindi: अमीया, Marathi: अमीया, Oriya: ଅମିୟ, Russian: Амия) is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 173,974th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,952,814 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Amiya are found; 52 percent are found in East Africa and 30 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 15,548th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 61,523 people.
Amiya is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 1,270 people, or 1 in 30,740. In Uganda Amiya is mostly concentrated in: Nebbi District, where 24 percent live, Kiryandongo District, where 20 percent live and Masindi District, where 16 percent live. Not including Uganda this surname is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 30 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
Amiya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Amiya are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
Amiya earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.22% less than the national average, earning $43,055 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amiya in the Bengali language | ||
| অমিয় | amiya | 76.34 |
| অমিয়া | amiya | 16.13 |
| অমীয় | amiya | 3.76 |
| এমিয়া | emiya | 0.54 |
| আমিয়া | amiya | 0.54 |
| Amiya in the Marathi language | ||
| अमीया | amiya | 71.95 |
| आमीया | amiya | 8.54 |
| अमीय | amiya | 4.88 |
| अमेय | ameya | 3.66 |
| अमय | amaya | 2.44 |
| एमीया | emiya | 2.44 |
| अमया | amaya | 1.22 |
| Amiya in the Hindi language | ||
| अमीया | amiya | 53.51 |
| अमिया | amiya | 39.72 |
| अमिय | amiya | 3.39 |
| आमिया | amiya | 2.6 |
| अमीय | amiya | 0.39 |
| आमीया | amiya | 0.26 |
| आमीय | amiya | 0.04 |
| आलिया | aliya | 0.02 |
| अमियो | amiyo | 0.02 |
| इमिया | imiya | 0.02 |
| Amiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻪ | amyh | 50 |
| ﺁﻣﻴﻪ | amyh | 50 |
| Amiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅମିୟ | amiya | 42.5 |
| ଅମୀୟ | amiya | 36.74 |
| ଅମୀୟର | amiyara | 9.74 |
| ଅମିୟର | amiyara | 8.5 |
| ଅମିୟା | amiya | 0.84 |
| ଆମିୟା | amiya | 0.4 |
| ଅମୀୟା | amiya | 0.22 |
| ଅମୟ | amaya | 0.15 |
| ଆମୀୟ | amiya | 0.07 |
| ଅମିୟୁ | amiyu | 0.04 |
| ଅମିନ | amina | 0.04 |
| ଅେମୟ | aemaya | 0.04 |
| ଆମୀୟା | amiya | 0.04 |
| ଅମିଅ | ami'a | 0.04 |
| Amiya in the Russian language | ||
| Амия | amia | - |
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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 Amiya
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