Priya Surname

5,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100,415 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Priya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Priya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India65,4971:11,711964
Bangladesh27,1261:5,875530
Sri Lanka3,9471:5,272767
United Arab Emirates7041:13,0151,608
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
Oman3611:10,2161,313
Singapore3601:15,299665
United States3081:1,176,81584,096
Indonesia2911:454,46537,729
Kuwait2601:14,6181,974
Malaysia2381:123,9258,100
Bahrain1471:9,1741,687
Fiji1261:7,0981,425
England1241:449,33929,774
Qatar1061:22,2452,387
Pakistan481:3,721,74827,543
Thailand481:1,471,632200,579
Australia421:642,75544,739
Nepal391:730,2815,232
New Zealand351:129,38115,740
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Israel161:534,85239,210
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
France121:5,535,227269,324
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Mauritius91:143,7138,076
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
China41:341,830,39216,990
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Maldives31:134,7244,057
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Priya (502,294) may also be a first name.

Priya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Priya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Priya (Arabic: لبريا, Bengali: প্রিয়া, Hindi: प्रिया, Marathi: पुरी, Oriya: ପିୟା, Russian: Прия, Tibetan: པིར་ཡ་) is found most in India. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Priya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Priya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,631st most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 72,574 people. Priya is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Priya are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 69 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Priya is also the 2,010th most frequently held given name at a global level It is held by 502,294 people.

The last name Priya is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 65,497 people, or 1 in 11,711. In India it is most frequent in: Bihar, where 27 percent are found, Tamil Nadu, where 12 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 9 percent are found. Aside from India it occurs in 78 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 27 percent are found and Sri Lanka, where 4 percent are found.

Priya Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Priya are 19.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 72.73% registered with the party.

Priya earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 66.21% more than the national average, earning $71,719 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Priyas9163/
Priyah9133/
Prhiya9132/
Prriya9115/
Phriya9111/
Priyap919/
Priyat915/
Priyad915/
Prieya914/
Ppriya914/
Prihya911/
Priyae911/
Priyash839/
Priyapp831/
Priyass831/
Praia8014,290/
Priyo803,173/
Proia803,002/
Preya802,362/
Praya80982/
Priye80351/
Proya80123/
Pruya8079/
Prija8023/
Pryia8020/
Praiy8014/
Prioa8010/
Priea808/
Priia808/
Priey805/
Priyi801/
Preia801/
Pruiy800/
Prayad73625/
Pruyas73522/
Prayat73515/
Proias73150/
Preyat7373/
Preeya7371/
Prayas7354/
Proyah7327/
Preyas7319/
Priyoh7314/
Prayaz7314/
Prahiy7313/
Proyas739/
Pruyau738/
Praias737/
Prieye737/
Prohia734/
Prahia733/
Priyes732/
Prayap732/
Prayah732/
Preias732/
Prahya731/
Preyaa731/
Praiah731/
Phraya731/
Priias731/
Prația731/
Proiat731/
Proyat731/
Praiyo731/
Preiyz731/
Preyah731/
Pray675,532/
Proa673,683/
Prey672,155/
Prai671,224/
Prie67847/
Proy67636/
Pruy67419/
Proyash67360/
Prea67256/
Praj67209/
Prei67200/
Prau67186/
Priyesh67161/
Praa67108/
Proi6787/
Prye6785/
Prohias6761/
Prajaya6745/
Prahaya6745/
Prae6733/
Prôa6731/
Praiash6724/
Prij6716/
Préa6712/
Prui6710/
Prayash677/
Phroyap674/
Prahyat674/
Pruiatt672/
Preyova672/
Proyova672/
Prrayad671/
Prayaud671/
Prahyad671/
Preeyah671/

Priya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Priya in the Hindi language
प्रियाpriya95.2
प्रियpriya2.38
पि्रयाpiraya1.49
प्रीयाpriya0.78
प्रीयpriya0.03
पि्रयpiraya0.01
प्रियााpriyaa0.01
पियाpiya0.01
प्रिशprisa0
मीनाmina0
प्रिया़priya0
प़्रीयाpariya0
प्रिय़ाpriya0
प्रि्यpriya0
ाप्रयाapraya0
प्रियेpriye0
पिर्याpirya0
च्रियाcriya0
प्रिेयाprieya0
प्रयाpraya0
़प्रियाpriya0
प्रिसprisa0
प्रिया़ाpriyaa0
पिंयाpinya0
्प्रियाpriya0
िप्रयाipraya0
पृयाprya0
प्रिंयाprinya0
प्रियांpriyam0
Priya in the Bengali language
প্রিয়াpriya86.62
প্রিয়priya9.3
প্রীয়াpriya1.27
প্রিযাpriya0.28
প্রীয়priya0.28
পারিজাparija0.14
Priya in the Oriya language
ପିୟାpiya51.67
ବିୁପିୟାbiupiya18.41
ପିୟpiya8.68
ପୀୟାpiya5.95
ପିୟରpiyara5.48
ପୀୟpiya0.75
ବିପିୟାbipiya0.25
ପରିଡାparida0.23
ୀପିୟାipiya0.12
ପିଆpi'a0.07
ପୟାpaya0.07
ପ'ିୟାpa'iya0.07
ରଣାrana0.03
ବିପୀୟାbipiya0.03
ରାୟraya0.03
ୀପୀୟାipiya0.03
ସୁପିୟାsupiya0.01
ବାରିକbarika0.01
ବୁପୀୟାbupiya0.01
ିପିୟାipiya0.01
ଲିପିୟାlipiya0.01
ପରିଡ଼ାparira0.01
ରାଜraja0.01
ପୟpaya0.01
ପିେୟpieya0.01
ର୍ପିୟାrpiya0.01
ପରିଡା଼parida0.01
Priya in the Tibetan language
པིར་ཡ་pirya45
པི་ཡ་piya15
པིརི་ཡ་piriya10
པིིརི་ཡ་piriya5
སྤིརི་ཡ་piriya5
པིར་ཡཱ་pirya5
པྲིར་ཡ་trirya5
པྲི་ཡ་triya5
པི་རི་ཡ་piriya5
Priya in the Marathi language
पुरीpuri31.58
प्रियाpriya7.89
ीयानiyana5.26
इयरiyara5.26
पडीयारpadiyara5.26
पी्याानेpiyaane2.63
वारीयरvariyara2.63
तापरीयाtapariya2.63
पेरीयासामीperiyasami2.63
ीयारiyara2.63
पी्याpiya2.63
वरीयारvariyara2.63
चेरीयनceriyana2.63
पूरीpuri2.63
परीहारparihara2.63
रीयाriya2.63
ीयनiyana2.63
परीमलparimala2.63
फुरीयाphuriya2.63
पुनीयालpuniyala2.63
िरीयाiriya2.63
ेरीयनeriyana2.63
Priya in the Russian language
Прияpria-
Priya in the Arabic language
لبرياlbrya-
برياbrya-

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