Mehdiya Surname
Approximately 2,584 people bear this surname
Mehdiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,576 | 1:37,867 | 4,280 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
Mehdiya (73) may also be a first name.
Mehdiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mehdiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mehdiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻬﺪﻳﻪ, Hindi: मेहदिया, Marathi: मेहडीया) occurs most in Ethiopia. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mehdiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mehdiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 167,378th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,820,258 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mehdiya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 73 people.
The surname Mehdiya is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,576 people, or 1 in 37,867. Excluding Ethiopia it exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mehdiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mehdiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻬﺪﻳﻪ | mhdyh | - |
| Mehdiya in the Marathi language | ||
| मेहडीया | mehadiya | 66.67 |
| मेहिदया | mehidaya | 33.33 |
| Mehdiya in the Hindi language | ||
| मेहदिया | mehadiya | 60 |
| मेहदीया | mehadiya | 40 |
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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 Mehdiya
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