Seiya Surname
Approximately 303 people bear this surname
Seiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 109 | 1:1,172,883 | 21,724 |
| Tanzania | 83 | 1:637,851 | 38,732 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Seiya (9,059) may also be a first name.
Seiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seiya (Hindi: सेइया, Marathi: सेिफ़या) is more frequently found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 887,624th most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 24,051,307 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 47 percent of Seiya reside; 36 percent reside in East Asia and 36 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 65,409th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 9,059 people.
The last name Seiya is most common in Japan, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 1,172,883. In Japan it is most numerous in: Osaka Prefecture, where 98 percent reside, Miyagi Prefecture, where 1 percent reside and Saitama Prefecture, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Japan Seiya exists in 22 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 27 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seiya in the Marathi language | ||
| सेिफ़या | seifaya | 80 |
| सेफ़ीया | sefiya | 20 |
| Seiya in the Hindi language | ||
| सेइया | se'iya | 50 |
| सेईया | se'iya | 50 |
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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 Seiya
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