Liiya Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Liiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Liiya (19) may also be a first name.
Liiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Liiya is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Liiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Liiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Liiya is the 4,427,875th most common surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Liiya is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Liiya reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Liiya is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 19 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Plateau, where 100 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Liiya is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 20 percent live and Uganda, where 10 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Liiya
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