Nagamiya Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Hong Kong

Nagamiya Surname User-submission:

From Tamil Nadu, India. It comes from the words naga, meaning 'snake' and ammal, meaning 'mother'.

Nagamiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India201:38,353,269431,471
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nagamiya Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

From Tamil Nadu, India. It comes from the words naga, meaning 'snake' and ammal, meaning 'mother'.

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Nagamiya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nagamiya (Marathi: नागामीया) is found most in India. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nagamiya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,730,171st most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Nagamiya reside; 71 percent reside in South Asia and 71 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 38,353,269. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 70 percent are found and West Bengal, where 30 percent are found. Beside India it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Hong Kong, where 14 percent are found and Japan, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nagamiya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nagamiya in the Marathi language
नागामीयाnagamiya33.33
नागिमयाnagimaya33.33
नागमीयाnagamiya16.67
नगािमयाnagaimaya8.33
नागािमयाnagaimaya8.33

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