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
Liiya is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Liiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Liiya live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 19 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Plateau, where 100 percent live. Not including Nigeria Liiya is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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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