Anya Surname
Approximately 28,055 people bear this surname
Anya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 24,282 | 1:7,295 | 853 |
| Cameroon | 1,952 | 1:10,640 | 1,416 |
| Kenya | 569 | 1:81,160 | 7,479 |
| India | 349 | 1:2,197,895 | 73,196 |
| Indonesia | 255 | 1:518,624 | 42,226 |
| Uganda | 204 | 1:191,369 | 15,594 |
| United States | 111 | 1:3,265,396 | 186,924 |
| Thailand | 56 | 1:1,261,399 | 181,528 |
| Turkey | 49 | 1:1,588,192 | 60,638 |
| Israel | 33 | 1:259,322 | 23,464 |
| Afghanistan | 31 | 1:1,037,199 | 9,747 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Mongolia | 19 | 1:148,699 | 8,761 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Anya (697,186) may also be a first name.
Anya Demographics
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Anya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Anya (Arabic: أنيا, Hindi: अन्या, Marathi: आण्या, Oriya: ଅନଯ୍ା) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Anya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 19,550th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 259,759 people. The surname Anya is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Anya live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anya is also the 1,391st most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 697,186 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 24,282 people, or 1 in 7,295. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 23 percent reside, Imo, where 13 percent reside and Anambra, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 38 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.
Anya Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Anya has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 3,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Anya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Anya last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (97%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Anya last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Anya earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 17.96% less than the national average, earning R 194,952 per year; in Colombia they earn 6.75% less than the national average, earning $21,169,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 11.88% less than the national average, earning $38,022 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅନଯ୍ା | anaya | - |
| Anya in the Marathi language | ||
| आण्या | anya | 68.69 |
| अण्या | anya | 21.21 |
| आञ्या | anya | 6.06 |
| अञ्या | anya | 2.02 |
| अंया | anya | 2.02 |
| Anya in the Hindi language | ||
| अन्या | an'ya | 54.27 |
| आन्या | an'ya | 28.33 |
| अन्य | an'ya | 11.6 |
| अनया | anaya | 4.44 |
| अंया | anya | 0.34 |
| आनया | anaya | 0.34 |
| अनय | anaya | 0.34 |
| Anya in the Arabic language | ||
| أنيا | anya | - |
| آنيا | anya | - |
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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 Anya
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