Namya Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Namya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
Namya (493) may also be a first name.
Namya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Namya (Arabic: نميا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻣﻴﻪ, Hindi: नमया, Marathi: नायक, Oriya: ନମଯ୍ା, Russian: Намя) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,106,139th most frequent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname Namya occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Namya live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 38 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Namya is also the 382,601st most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 493 people.
Namya is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 399,405. In Cameroon Namya is most numerous in: Adamawa Region, where 42 percent are found, Centre Region, where 33 percent are found and East Region, where 23 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 19 percent are found and Thailand, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Namya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Namya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻣﻴﻪ | alnamyh | - |
| Namya in the Oriya language | ||
| ନମଯ୍ା | namaya | - |
| Namya in the Hindi language | ||
| नमया | namaya | 50 |
| नामया | namaya | 25 |
| नम्या | namya | 25 |
| Namya in the Marathi language | ||
| नायक | nayaka | 25 |
| नामया | namaya | 25 |
| नाग्या | nagya | 25 |
| नमया | namaya | 25 |
| Namya in the Russian language | ||
| Намя | nama | - |
| Namya in the Arabic language | ||
| نميا | nmya | - |
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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 Namya
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