Thiah Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Thiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 29 | 1:152,018 | 10,911 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Thiah (47) may also be a first name.
Thiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thiah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﺎﻩ) is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,273,756th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 49 percent of Thiah reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 47 people.
The last name is most common in Liberia, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 152,018. In Liberia Thiah is most prevalent in: Rivercess County, where 93 percent live, Grand Bassa County, where 3 percent live and Margibi County, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Liberia this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Singapore, where 19 percent live and Malaysia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thiah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thiah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺟﺎﻩ | ajah | 66.67 |
| ﺍﺗﻴﺎﻩ | atyah | 33.33 |
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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 Thiah
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