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) is borne by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiviya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,434,893rd most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shiviya are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Shiviya is also the 180,884th most frequent forename globally, borne by 1,788 people.
This surname is most frequent in Namibia, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 16,170. In Namibia it is mostly concentrated in: Ohangwena Region, where 60 percent are found, Kavango East Region, where 17 percent are found and Hardap Region, where 11 percent are found. Aside from 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
- 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 Shiviya
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