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
Iiya (Hindi: इीया, Russian: Иия) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,511,557th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. Iiya is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Iiya are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 787,636th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 138 people.
The surname Iiya is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 1,428,571. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kaduna, where 24 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 12 percent reside and Plateau, where 11 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 3 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.
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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