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 found most frequently in Algeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omeya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 767,694th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,642,981 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Omeya live; 70 percent live in North Africa and 70 percent live in Mahgreb. Omeya is also the 1,152,838th most widely held forename internationally. It is borne by 71 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is borne by 259 people, or 1 in 149,157. In Algeria Omeya is most frequent in: El Taref Province, where 100 percent live. Excluding Algeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 24 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
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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