Bilya Surname
Approximately 6,490 people bear this surname
Bilya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6,318 | 1:28,038 | 2,387 |
| India | 58 | 1:13,225,265 | 229,403 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
Bilya (7,017) may also be a first name.
Bilya Demographics
Bilya Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Bilya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bilya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bilya (Bengali: বিল্য, Hindi: बील्या, Oriya: ବିଲଯ୍, Russian: Биля) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bilya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bilya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 75,607th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,122,888 people. The surname Bilya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bilya live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 77,428th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 7,017 people.
The last name Bilya is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 6,318 people, or 1 in 28,038. In Nigeria Bilya is most frequent in: Kano, where 31 percent reside, Zamfara, where 14 percent reside and Katsina, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Bilya is found in 13 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Bilya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Muslim (98%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bilya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bilya in the Bengali language | ||
| বিল্য | bilya | - |
| Bilya in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିଲଯ୍ | bilay | - |
| Bilya in the Hindi language | ||
| बील्या | bilya | 53.06 |
| बिल्या | bilya | 38.78 |
| बिलया | bilaya | 4.08 |
| बिलय | bilaya | 4.08 |
| Bilya in the Russian language | ||
| Биля | bila | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Bilya
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