Muhiya Surname
Approximately 9,537 people bear this surname
Muhiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 9,447 | 1:7,820 | 971 |
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Muhiya (1,436) may also be a first name.
Muhiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muhiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muhiya (Hindi: मुहिया) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muhiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 53,528th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 764,134 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Muhiya reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Muhiya is also the 205,926th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 1,436 people.
The surname is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 9,447 people, or 1 in 7,820. Apart from The DR Congo Muhiya is found in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Muhiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Muhiya in the Hindi language | ||
| मुहिया | muhiya | 94.74 |
| मुहीय | muhiya | 5.26 |
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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 Muhiya
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