Jimiya Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Jimiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 55 | 1:709,805 | 35,417 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Jimiya (334) may also be a first name.
Jimiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jimiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jimiya (Hindi: जिमिया, Marathi: िजमीया, Oriya: ଯିମିୟ) is found most frequently in Uganda. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Jimiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Jimiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jimiya is the 2,372,517th most frequent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Jimiya live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 478,963rd most commonly held forename throughout the world, held by 334 people.
The surname Jimiya is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 709,805. In Uganda Jimiya is primarily concentrated in: Luweero District, where 47 percent are found, Kiryandongo District, where 16 percent are found and Kampala District, where 11 percent are found. Not including Uganda this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 12 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jimiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jimiya in the Hindi language | ||
| जिमिया | jimiya | 60 |
| जिमीया | jimiya | 24 |
| जीमिया | jimiya | 16 |
| Jimiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଯିମିୟ | yimiya | 50 |
| ଜିମିୟ | jimiya | 50 |
| Jimiya in the Marathi language | ||
| िजमीया | ijamiya | 50 |
| जीमीया | jimiya | 50 |
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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 Jimiya
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