Shiviya Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Shiviya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 149 | 1:16,170 | 2,919 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shiviya (1,788) may also be a first name.
Shiviya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shiviya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shiviya (Bengali: শিভিয়া, Hindi: शिविया) occurs more in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiviya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,434,893rd most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. Shiviya is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shiviya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Shiviya is also the 180,884th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 1,788 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Namibia, where it is carried by 149 people, or 1 in 16,170. In Namibia it is most frequent in: Ohangwena Region, where 60 percent are found, Kavango East Region, where 17 percent are found and Hardap Region, where 11 percent are found. Barring Namibia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shiviya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shiviya in the Bengali language | ||
| শিভিয়া | sibhiya | - |
| Shiviya in the Hindi language | ||
| शिविया | siviya | 94.05 |
| शिवीया | siviya | 3.57 |
| शीवीया | siviya | 2.38 |
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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 Shiviya
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