Iniya Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Iniya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Iniya (1,528) may also be a first name.
Iniya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iniya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iniya (Hindi: इनिया, Russian: Иния) is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iniya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,573,888th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name Iniya occurs mostly in Africa, where 52 percent of Iniya live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iniya is also the 198,465th most prevalent forename internationally. It is borne by 1,528 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 3,220,777. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 82 percent live, Nasarawa, where 9 percent live and Abia, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent live and India, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iniya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iniya in the Hindi language | ||
| इनिया | iniya | 60.87 |
| इनीया | iniya | 17.39 |
| इणिया | iniya | 8.7 |
| इङीया | iniya | 4.35 |
| ईनिया | iniya | 4.35 |
| ईनीया | iniya | 4.35 |
| Iniya in the Russian language | ||
| Иния | inia | - |
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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 Iniya
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