Meeya Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Meeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 79 | 1:9,709,688 | 189,874 |
| Uganda | 56 | 1:697,130 | 35,026 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Meeya (153) may also be a first name.
Meeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meeya (Hindi: मीया) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Meeya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meeya is the 1,465,390th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 61 percent of Meeya are found; 57 percent are found in South Asia and 55 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 743,570th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 153 people.
This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 9,709,688. In India it is most prevalent in: Telangana, where 34 percent are found, Bihar, where 30 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 11 percent are found. Besides India this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 39 percent are found and Thailand, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meeya in the Hindi language | ||
| मीया | miya | 50 |
| मिय | miya | 50 |
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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 Meeya
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