Dieya Surname
Approximately 778 people bear this surname
Dieya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 698 | 1:105,845 | 11,745 |
| Ivory Coast | 74 | 1:311,773 | 11,581 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Dièya (1) are calculated separately.
Dieya (91) may also be a first name.
Dieya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dieya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dieya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻴﻪ) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Dièya. For other possible spellings of Dieya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dieya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 440,082nd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 9,367,026 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Dieya are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 90 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Dieya is also the 998,282nd most widespread forename world-wide, held by 91 people.
Dieya is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 698 people, or 1 in 105,845. Not including The DR Congo this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dieya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dieya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻴﻪ | jyh | 50 |
| ﺍﺟﻴﻪ | ajyh | 50 |
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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 Dieya
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