Omiya
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Omiya is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.
- JPJapan≈1 in 26K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States≈1 in 2.6M
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 5.9M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 55 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Omiya counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | ≈4,900 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Omiya | 55 |
| US United States | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 2.6M | 106 | Omiya | 49 |
| BR Brazil | 35 | 1 in 6M | 35 | — | — |
| IN India | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 60M | 1 | — | 5 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 5.9M | — | Omiya | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ōmiya Suehirab. 1289Japanese noble
- Eiji Ōmiyab. 1874JPJapanese politician
- Morito Ōmiyab. 1919JPJapanese ramen chef
- Yoshiyuki Ōmiyab. 1959JPJapanese male curler and coach
- Saburō Ōmiyab. 1964JPJapanese anime producer and radio personality
- Taro Omiyab. 1965JPJapanese actor
- Ellie Ōmiyab. 1975JPJapanese screenwriter (1975-2025)
- Hiromasa Ōmiyab. 1983JPJapanese basketball player (1983-)
- Anna Ohmiyab. 1989JPnot in their usual nameJapanese curler
- Satomi Ōmiyab. 1991JPJapanese volleyball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 106 | #143,847 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 35 | #134,170 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikipedia surname tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Omiya have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.9 thousand people named Omiya in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled omiya.
- How common is the name Omiya?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 35 people named Omiya, about 1 in 6.0 million residents.
What do you want to know about Omiya?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/omiyaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Omiya”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.