Iiya Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Iiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 124 | 1:1,428,571 | 55,237 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Iiya (138) may also be a first name.
Iiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iiya (Hindi: इीया, Russian: Иия) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Iiya? popularity and diffusion
Iiya is the 1,511,557th most common surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. Iiya is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Iiya reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iiya is also the 787,636th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 138 people.
The last name Iiya is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 1,428,571. In Nigeria Iiya is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 24 percent live, Nasarawa, where 12 percent live and Plateau, where 11 percent live. Barring Nigeria Iiya occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 3 percent live and Niger, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iiya in the Hindi language | ||
| इीया | iiya | - |
| Iiya in the Russian language | ||
| Иия | iia | - |
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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 Iiya
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