Ziah Surname

169,950th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,538 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Liberia

Ziah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ziah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1,1631:153,6064,148
Liberia1,0211:4,318535
Indonesia2291:577,50746,152
Nigeria371:4,787,642126,894
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Ivory Coast111:2,097,38537,425
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
England21:27,859,030389,889
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Ziah (10,392) may also be a first name.

Ziah Last Name Facts

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

Ziah is found most in Pakistan. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ziah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 169,950th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,871,373 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 56 percent of Ziah reside; 46 percent reside in South Asia and 46 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Ziah is also the 59,708th most frequently occurring given name in the world It is held by 10,392 people.

The surname Ziah is most common in Pakistan, where it is held by 1,163 people, or 1 in 153,606. In Pakistan Ziah is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 100 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 0 percent live and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 0 percent live. Excluding Pakistan this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 40 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.

Ziah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ziah surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.

Ziah earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.02% less than the national average, earning $29,765 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ziaha895/
Ziaah891/
Zah8610,249/
Dzah755,710/
Zaha754,682/
Zahy751,084/
Zeih75687/
Zioh75246/
Zaih75120/
Zaah7551/
Zahu7548/
Ciah7548/
Tzah7512/
Zahh7512/
Zhah755/
Hzah752/
Zahj751/
Czah751/
Za67131,697/
Ciach672,764/
Dzhah67341/
Zahai67283/
Zahaj67137/
Zhaha67100/
Zahey6777/
Zahay6763/
Zahau6742/
Zahei6734/
Czaha6727/
Dzaha6724/
Zahij6717/
Zahah6714/
Zahaa679/
Zshah675/
Zahiy674/
Zaahy674/
Zahaî671/
Zahhy671/
Zaaha671/
Zaajh671/
Zahii671/
Ciaha671/
Dzaah671/

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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 Ziah
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