Friya Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Friya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Friya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon111:1,888,09798,267
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
India71:109,580,769786,157
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Friya (138) may also be a first name.

Friya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Friya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Friya (Hindi: फ्रिया, Marathi: फ़रीया) is found most in Cameroon. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Friya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,665,662nd most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. Friya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 59 percent of Friya live; 38 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 787,636th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 138 people.

It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 34 percent are found and India, where 24 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Friyas9111/
Friyad919/
Friyaz911/
Fraya801,060/
Frija80794/
Fraia80347/
Friia80206/
Fruia80122/
Fryia8064/
Froia8052/
Freia8045/
Friey8034/
Friye8019/
Froya809/
Freya808/
Friyo804/
Fraiy804/
Friea801/
Fruya801/
Fraiha73905/
Freiha73624/
Frijia73284/
Freyha73205/
Frayha73109/
Froias73109/
Freias7338/
Frahia7338/
Freyat7321/
Freyad7311/
Phriya7311/
Freyas7310/
Fraias738/
Frehia734/
Frayad734/
Frieyo733/
Frihia732/
Friyed732/
Frayas732/
Ffraia731/
Friyes731/
Friyod731/
Vriyah731/
Freyah731/
Frayah731/
Freiad731/
Friyeh731/
Frijah731/
Frayat731/
Freiyo731/
Freiat730/
Frey67124,709/
Frye6750,354/
Frei6739,331/
Frau6711,451/
Fray6710,018/
Frie672,108/
Fraj671,788/
Fraihat671,145/
Frai671,078/
Frea67646/
Froy67643/
Froa67260/
Frij67163/
Freihat6795/
Fruy6759/
Froi6754/
Freggia6741/
Friggia6714/
Frae6710/
Fraa677/
Frui674/
Freyova673/
Freihah673/
Freiova672/
Freihad672/
Frúa671/
Freeyad671/
Frahiah671/
Frãy671/

Friya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Friya in the Hindi language
फ्रियाphriya-
Friya in the Marathi language
फ़रीयाfariya-

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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 Friya
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