Umiah Surname

648,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 467 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Umiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Umiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2201:601,13347,761
Cameroon1471:141,28615,748
Nigeria761:2,330,82678,393
India231:33,350,669396,143
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Umiah (915) may also be a first name.

Umiah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Umiah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Umiah (Bengali: মিঞা) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Umiah.

How Common Is The Last Name Umiah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 648,005th most frequent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,605,023 people. The surname Umiah is primarily found in Asia, where 52 percent of Umiah reside; 47 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 47 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 268,007th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 915 people.

The last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 220 people, or 1 in 601,133. In Indonesia Umiah is most frequent in: East Java, where 39 percent live, South Sumatra, where 15 percent live and Central Java, where 15 percent live. Aside from Indonesia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 31 percent live and Nigeria, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ummiah9130/
Uumiah911/
Humiah911/
Umia89201/
Umaiyah832,339/
Umoiyah834/
Gumia80915/
Humia8094/
Umiat8056/
Umyah8044/
Oumia8026/
Umhia8010/
Imiah808/
Umija807/
Umiha806/
Umioh803/
Ummia803/
Umias802/
Aumia802/
Umiap801/
Umiho801/
Umeah801/
Humaiyah77290/
Ummaiyah7739/
Utmaiyah775/
Gumayiah771/
Humias73384/
Umihei73175/
Umaiya73154/
Gumiho7388/
Goumia7363/
Umoiya7316/
Umijay7314/
Gumiha7311/
Umijat739/
Đumija738/
Umaija735/
Oumhia734/
Humița734/
Houmia733/
Gaumia731/
Ummhia731/
Oumiaz731/
Gumjia731/
Umihad731/
Oumyah731/
Oumiha731/
Jimiah731/
Omia671,749/
Umayyah67220/
Umea67203/
Umio67146/
Imia67139/
Goumjia6722/
Umajjah6721/
Humaiya6716/
Gumaiya6712/
Gumihay6712/
Umya6712/
Gumayia677/
Umaheyo677/
Umahayo674/
Oemijah674/
Umajhah673/
Hoummia672/
Ummaiya672/
Usmaiya671/
Goummia671/
Umojhah671/
Humaija671/
Gumihau671/
Umaiyas671/
Omojiah671/
Umja671/
Utmihaj671/
Umiehaa671/

Umiah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Umiah in the Bengali language
মিঞাmina90
ুমিঞাumina10

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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 Umiah
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