Kemiya Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Kemiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kemiya (843) may also be a first name.
Kemiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kemiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kemiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﻴﻪ, Hindi: केमिया, Marathi: कॅमीया) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kemiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,237,939th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname Kemiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Kemiya are found; 51 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Kemiya is also the 281,020th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 843 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 2,709,618. Without taking into account Ethiopia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 18 percent reside and Mauritania, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kemiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kemiya in the Hindi language | ||
| केमिया | kemiya | 87.5 |
| केमीया | kemiya | 12.5 |
| Kemiya in the Marathi language | ||
| कॅमीया | kemiya | 60 |
| केिमया | keimaya | 40 |
| Kemiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻤﻴﻪ | kmyh | 50 |
| ﻛﻤﻲ | kmy | 25 |
| ﻛﻤﻴﺎ | kmya | 25 |
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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 Kemiya
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