Hamia Surname
Approximately 3,536 people bear this surname
Hamia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,413 | 1:16,010 | 2,897 |
| Morocco | 477 | 1:72,277 | 12,260 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Indonesia | 131 | 1:1,009,536 | 73,900 |
| Pakistan | 24 | 1:7,443,495 | 40,927 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Hamia (2,155) may also be a first name.
Hamia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamia (Arabic: حميا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﺎﻣﻴﻪ, Hindi: हमीअ, Oriya: ହାମିଆ) is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hamia is the 128,237th most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 2,060,958 people. The surname Hamia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Hamia live; 82 percent live in North Africa and 82 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 161,596th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 2,155 people.
It is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is borne by 2,413 people, or 1 in 16,010. In Algeria Hamia is primarily concentrated in: Mascara Province, where 27 percent live, Médéa Province, where 20 percent live and Tipasa Province, where 12 percent live. Apart from Algeria it is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 13 percent live and Chad, where 11 percent live.
Hamia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hamia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hamia last name declined 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamia in the Oriya language | ||
| ହାମିଆ | hami'a | - |
| Hamia in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﺎﻣﻴﻪ | hamyh | 60 |
| ﻫﺎﻣﻴﺔ | hamyt | 40 |
| Hamia in the Hindi language | ||
| हमीअ | hami'a | 50 |
| हमिया | hamiya | 50 |
| Hamia in the Arabic language | ||
| حميا | hmya | - |
| حميّه | hmyh | - |
| شاميا | shamya | - |
| حميّا | hmya | - |
| حميه | hmyh | - |
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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 Hamia
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