Ideya Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Ideya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Ideya (252) may also be a first name.
Ideya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ideya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ideya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻱ, Russian: Идея) is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ideya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ideya is the 3,957,383rd most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ideya reside; 48 percent reside in East Africa and 48 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ideya is also the 561,423rd most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 252 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 3,253,273. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Katakwi District, where 100 percent live. Aside from Uganda it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 24 percent live and Nigeria, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ideya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ideya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﻱ | aldy | - |
| Ideya in the Russian language | ||
| Идея | idea | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ideya
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