Niyya Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Niyya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Niyya (68) may also be a first name.
Niyya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niyya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Niyya (Hindi: नीयया, Russian: Нийя) is most common in Morocco. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niyya? popularity and diffusion
Niyya is the 1,092,155th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Niyya are found; 91 percent are found in North Africa and 91 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,181,159th most common first name globally, borne by 68 people.
Niyya is most frequently used in Morocco, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 169,000. Beside Morocco this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Niyya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Niyya in the Hindi language | ||
| नीयया | niyaya | - |
| Niyya in the Russian language | ||
| Нийя | nija | - |
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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 Niyya
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