Urmia Surname

761,666th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 375 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Urmia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urmia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran3731:205,85116,475
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Urmia (177) may also be a first name.

Urmia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Urmia (Hindi: उर्मिा) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Urmia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Urmia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 761,666th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Urmia reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Urmia is also the 685,598th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 177 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is held by 373 people, or 1 in 205,851. In Iran Urmia is most prevalent in: Tehran Province, where 40 percent reside, West Azerbaijan Province, where 16 percent reside and Golestan Province, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Iran Urmia occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside and Turkey, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gurmia911/
Ourmiah83146/
Aurmiah831/
Hurmiat831/
Irmia80249/
Urmio801/
Ormia801/
Irmiah7337/
Hormia7323/
Jirmia732/
Irmiea731/
Irmiay731/
Aurmios671/
Jirmiah671/
Irmya6044/
Ormio6035/
Hormio5526/
Gurmeo558/
Hirmio552/
Hormya551/
Oermio551/
Irmijo551/
Ormijo550/
Hormjai501/

Urmia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Urmia in the Hindi language
उर्मिाurmia46.67
उर्मिलाurmila40
उर्मिआurmi'a13.33

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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 Urmia
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