Omeya Surname
Approximately 371 people bear this surname
Omeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 259 | 1:149,157 | 19,516 |
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Omeya (71) may also be a first name.
Omeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omeya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﻲ, Marathi: ओमेया) is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Omeya.
How Common Is The Last Name Omeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Omeya is the 767,694th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 19,642,981 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Omeya reside; 70 percent reside in North Africa and 70 percent reside in Mahgreb. Omeya is also the 1,152,838th most frequent first name globally, borne by 71 people.
Omeya is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is held by 259 people, or 1 in 149,157. In Algeria it is most common in: El Taref Province, where 100 percent are found. Beside Algeria Omeya exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 24 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Omeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Omeya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﻲ | amy | - |
| Omeya in the Marathi language | ||
| ओमेया | omeya | 50 |
| ओमेय | omeya | 33.33 |
| अमेय | ameya | 16.67 |
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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 Omeya
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