# Miah (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/miah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Bengali |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,456 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,602 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 125,711 people |
| Change since 2000 | +87% (1,314 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized from Bengali মিঞা (mĩa /⁠mĩa⁠/), itself borrowed from Classical Persian میان (miyān). Doublet of Miya.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Miah in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 3.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 87% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Miah in British Raj.

## People named Miah

- M. A. Wazed Miah, Bangladeshi physicist

## Similar surnames

Ma, Mai, Mah, Miao, May, Mayo, Moya, Moua, Moe, Maya, Mayhew, Moy.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.