Isiya Surname
Approximately 24,476 people bear this surname
Isiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23,766 | 1:7,454 | 869 |
| DR Congo | 629 | 1:117,456 | 12,805 |
| Uganda | 49 | 1:796,720 | 37,939 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Isiya (21,447) may also be a first name.
Isiya Demographics
Isiya Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Isiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Isiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Isiya (Hindi: इसिया, Russian: Исия) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Isiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Isiya is the 22,210th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 297,743 people. The surname Isiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Isiya live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Isiya is also the 35,883rd most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 21,447 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 23,766 people, or 1 in 7,454. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Zamfara, where 26 percent are found, Sokoto, where 18 percent are found and Katsina, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
Isiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Muslim (96%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Isiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Isiya in the Hindi language | ||
| इसिया | isiya | 62.07 |
| इसीया | isiya | 17.24 |
| ईसीया | isiya | 6.9 |
| ईसिया | isiya | 6.9 |
| इन्दा | inda | 3.45 |
| अीसिया | aisiya | 3.45 |
| Isiya in the Russian language | ||
| Исия | isia | - |
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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 Isiya
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