Zia is used as a family name or surname in Pakistan. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Zia
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Pakistan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Zia

How popular is Zia?

Zia is common in Pakistan.

Zia is ranked 1162 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Zias grew by 61.79654 per cent to 1495 since 2000 and ranked 18486 after elevating 6683 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 67.56 55.95
White 23.14 30.95
Others 6.29 10.5
Hispanic or Latino 2.27 2.06
Zia is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Pakistan which signifies that it is originated from Pakistan. Around 456424 people have been found who wears Zia as their family name. Zia is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
5,565 Costa Rica8
318,252 Ukraine6
9,759 Japan5
122,390 Belarus4
16,136 Kenya3
15,956 Venezuela3
16,605 Austria3
5,051 Tajikistan3
6,462 Ivory Coast2
5,318 Iraq2
10,858 Tunisia2
5,817 Albania2
4,104 South Korea2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
8,657 Lebanon2
44,018 Poland2
14,521 Portugal2
531 Greenland1
38,830 Morocco1
17,236 Ghana1
53,033 Nigeria1
799 British Virgin Islands1
13,606 Senegal1
7,198 Maldives1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
5,553 Taiwan1
20,172 Hungary1
9,498 Iceland1
14,373 Jordan1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
13,447 Uganda1
11,923 Slovenia1
6,212 Jamaica1
12,745 Luxembourg1
3,307 Malta1
31,207 Ireland1
3,952 Yemen1
8,268 Mauritius1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
212,163 Russia41
70,042 Kazakhstan29
20,233 Denmark25
29,517 New Zealand12
3,605 China12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
2,516 Hong Kong95
8,372 Norway92
1,795 Bahrain86
4,622 Wales79
24,466 Belgium67
17,456 Switzerland63
11,009 Finland60
5,248 Singapore59
39,248 Netherlands53
Countries with hundreds of Zia:
14,687 Brazil906
12,572 Germany807
6,683 Canada634
872 Oman619
27,752 Philippines451
15,335 Algeria357
5,912 Malaysia354
30,397 Indonesia343
1,446 Kuwait261
6,781 Sri Lanka261
2,843 Burkina Faso231
24,716 Turkey210
1,186 Qatar204
13,930 Australia195
57,437 France171
18,298 Spain169
6,208 Sweden152
43,624 South Africa110
5,272 Scotland105
Countries with thousands of Zia:
1,221 Iran9,621
605 Saudi Arabia6,003
4,560 Italy2,307
20,948 India1,963
513 United Arab Emirates1,896
20,231 United States1,586
5,160 England1,420
Countries with ten thousands of Zia:
59 Afghanistan37,330
495 Bangladesh35,407
Countries with hundred thousands of Zia:
99 Pakistan351,396
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Domenico Zia worked as laborer and hailed from Cassino, Italy. 22 years old embarked for New York from Naples on Bolivia and arrived on April 23, 1900.

Comments

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Aretha Trombetta
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the word meaning zi: the glans; and by extension the place where we find acorns this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Zia Namesakes

  • Junaid Zia, Cricket Bowler
  • Abdelmalek Ziaya, Soccer player
  • Abdelmalek Ziaya, Soccer player
  • Ahmad Zia Abir , Actor
  • Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, Electrical engineer
  • Maxime Zianveni, Basketball Player
  • Syed Ziaur Rahman, Medical Doctor
  • Hamza Ziad, Soccer player
  • Danny Zialcita, Film director
  • Amjad Zia, Field Hockey player

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