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
Thiah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﺎﻩ) is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Thiah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thiah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,273,756th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. It is predominantly 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 common first name at a global level, borne by 47 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 152,018. In Liberia Thiah is most frequent in: Rivercess County, where 93 percent are found, Grand Bassa County, where 3 percent are found and Margibi County, where 3 percent are found. Barring Liberia this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 19 percent are found and Malaysia, where 13 percent are found.
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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