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 found in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hamia is the 128,237th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,060,958 people. Hamia is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Hamia are found; 82 percent are found in North Africa and 82 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 161,596th most frequently occurring forename world-wide. It is borne by 2,155 people.
This last name is most common in Algeria, where it is carried by 2,413 people, or 1 in 16,010. In Algeria it is most numerous in: Mascara Province, where 27 percent are found, Médéa Province, where 20 percent are found and Tipasa Province, where 12 percent are found. Not including Algeria it is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 13 percent are found and Chad, where 11 percent are found.
Hamia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Hamia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hamia last name decreased 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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