Imia Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Imia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Spain | 31 | 1:1,508,130 | 46,256 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Imia (169) may also be a first name.
Imia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Imia (Hindi: इमिा) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Imia? popularity and diffusion
Imia is the 1,504,764th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. The surname Imia occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 35 percent of Imia reside; 35 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 35 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Imia is also the 703,581st most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 169 people.
The last name Imia is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Western, where 33 percent reside, Enga, where 20 percent reside and Central, where 18 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea Imia occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 22 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Imia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Imia in the Hindi language | ||
| इमिा | imia | - |
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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 Imia
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