Kuiya Surname
Approximately 228 people bear this surname
Kuiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Cameroon | 54 | 1:384,612 | 33,542 |
| Papua New Guinea | 46 | 1:177,255 | 24,620 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kuiya (1,569) may also be a first name.
Kuiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kuiya (Hindi: कुइया, Marathi: कुईया) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,082,743rd most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 31,962,921 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Kuiya are found; 57 percent are found in Central Africa and 57 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kuiya is also the 195,475th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 1,569 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 985,061. Barring The DR Congo it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 24 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kuiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kuiya in the Marathi language | ||
| कुईया | ku'iya | - |
| Kuiya in the Hindi language | ||
| कुइया | ku'iya | 68.72 |
| कुईया | ku'iya | 27.56 |
| कूइया | ku'iya | 2.61 |
| कूईया | ku'iya | 0.93 |
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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 Kuiya
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