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
The surname Kemiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﻴﻪ, Hindi: केमिया, Marathi: कॅमीया) is found most in Ethiopia. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemiya? popularity and diffusion
Kemiya is the 2,237,939th most widespread family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Kemiya live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 281,020th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 843 people.
The last name Kemiya is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 2,709,618. Excluding Ethiopia it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 18 percent are found and Mauritania, where 18 percent are found.
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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