Ihiya Surname
Approximately 1,260 people bear this surname
Ihiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,227 | 1:15,641 | 1,042 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Ihiya (669) may also be a first name.
Ihiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ihiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ihiya (Hindi: इहिया) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Ihiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ihiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 301,477th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,783,767 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ihiya live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 320,785th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 669 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Niger, where it is held by 1,227 people, or 1 in 15,641. In Niger Ihiya is mostly found in: Tahoua Region, where 72 percent are found, Agadez Region, where 18 percent are found and Tillabéri Region, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Niger this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ihiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ihiya in the Hindi language | ||
| इहिया | ihiya | - |
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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 Ihiya
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