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 surname Namya (Arabic: نميا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻣﻴﻪ, Hindi: नमया, Marathi: नायक, Oriya: ନମଯ୍ା, Russian: Намя) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namya? popularity and diffusion
Namya is the 2,106,139th most common last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. 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 common given name throughout the world It is held by 493 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 399,405. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Adamawa Region, where 42 percent live, Centre Region, where 33 percent live and East Region, where 23 percent live. Other than Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 19 percent live and Thailand, where 11 percent live.
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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