Seeniya Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Seeniya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 14 | 1:28,869 | 1,682 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
Seeniya (217) may also be a first name.
Seeniya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seeniya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seeniya (Dhivehi: ސީނިޔ) is held by more people in The Maldives than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seeniya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Seeniya are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 61 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Seeniya is also the 612,983rd most common first name on earth, held by 217 people.
Seeniya is most widely held in The Maldives, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 28,869. In The Maldives Seeniya is mostly concentrated in: Malé, where 71 percent are found, Haa Dhaalu Atoll, where 7 percent are found and Kaafu Atoll, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The Maldives this last name is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 39 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seeniya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seeniya in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ސީނިޔ | siniy | 66.67 |
| ުސނިޔާ | usniya | 33.33 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Seeniya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis