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 borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,237,939th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Kemiya reside; 51 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Kemiya is also the 281,020th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 843 people.
It is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 2,709,618. Barring Ethiopia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 18 percent live and Mauritania, where 18 percent live.
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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