Persia Surname
Approximately 5,336 people bear this surname
Persia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1,821 | 1:33,584 | 6,019 |
| Philippines | 1,554 | 1:65,147 | 11,103 |
| Argentina | 574 | 1:74,466 | 6,337 |
| United States | 339 | 1:1,069,200 | 77,954 |
| Dominican Republic | 300 | 1:34,776 | 1,950 |
| France | 245 | 1:271,113 | 41,730 |
| Canada | 128 | 1:287,856 | 26,805 |
| Iran | 102 | 1:752,770 | 38,519 |
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| Colombia | 36 | 1:1,327,058 | 10,324 |
| Afghanistan | 25 | 1:1,286,127 | 11,103 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
The alternate forms: Pérsia (2) are calculated separately.
Persia (2,260) may also be a first name.
Persia Demographics
Average Persia Salary in
United States
$46,540 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Persia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Persia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Persia (Arabic: بيرجيا) is most common in Italy. It may also appear as a variant: Pérsia. Click here for other possible spellings of Persia.
How Common Is The Last Name Persia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Persia is the 89,873rd most frequent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,365,732 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 39 percent of Persia reside; 34 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 34 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 157,046th most frequently held given name on earth. It is borne by 2,260 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Italy, where it is held by 1,821 people, or 1 in 33,584. In Italy Persia is most prevalent in: Abruzzo, where 50 percent live, Lazio, where 20 percent live and Apulia, where 13 percent live. Besides Italy Persia occurs in 55 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 29 percent live and Argentina, where 11 percent live.
Persia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Persia has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 2,119 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Persia Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Persia last name are 12.81% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.04% registered with the political party.
The amount Persia earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 19.73% less than the national average, earning €24,104 per year; in Norway they earn 13.97% less than the national average, earning 297,746 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 28.71% less than the national average, earning $16,184,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.86% more than the national average, earning $46,540 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.99% more than the national average, earning $57,132 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Persia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Persia in the Arabic language | ||
| بيرجيا | byrjya | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Persia
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