Lía Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uruguay
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Lía Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lía Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Lia (35,092) & Lià (1) are calculated separately.

Lía (147) may also be a first name.

Lía Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lía Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lía is most common in Uruguay. It may also be found as: Lia or Lià. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lía? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most common last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Lía are found; 73 percent are found in South America and 64 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America. It is also the 760,591st most commonly used given name worldwide. It is borne by 147 people.

This last name is most numerous in Uruguay, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 857,940. In Uruguay Lía is mostly found in: Montevideo Department, where 100 percent are found. Besides Uruguay Lía is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 18 percent are found and Argentina, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lia8935,092/
Líňa8612/
Lías869/
Líha865/
Líga861/
La80502,950/
805/
Lià781/
Luhía752/
Lai673,581,809/
Lau67509,986/
Lao67485,953/
Lay67335,240/
Hla6756,653/
Lea6747,342/
Lah6729,893/
Lua6719,155/
Loa679,955/
Laa676,108/
Lae676,071/
Lla674,823/
Lya674,060/
Wla672,170/
Lha67404/
Lwa67114/
Léa6774/
Laï6722/
Lúa6719/
Laé6718/
Lja6714/
Laó6713/
Líð679/
Lað675/
Laÿ674/
Lío672/
Laà672/
Laú672/
Luí672/
Laî672/
Laá672/
Leí671/
L A671/
Laù671/
Líh671/
Laë671/
Lóa671/
Laõ671/
Lùa671/

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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 Lía
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