Eshiya Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Eshiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 122 | 1:1,451,990 | 55,913 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Eshiya (322) may also be a first name.
Eshiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eshiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eshiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﺤﻴﻪ, Hindi: एशिया) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eshiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,231,034th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. Eshiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Eshiya are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 488,964th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 322 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 1,451,990. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Nasarawa, where 97 percent reside, Benue, where 1 percent reside and Kaduna, where 1 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 33 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eshiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eshiya in the Hindi language | ||
| एशिया | esiya | 95 |
| ईशायत | isayata | 5 |
| Eshiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﺤﻴﻪ | ashyh | 40 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺤﻴﻪ | alshyh | 20 |
| ﺍﺳﺤﻴﺔ | ashyt | 20 |
| ﺃﺳﺤﻴﻪ | ashyh | 20 |
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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 Eshiya
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