The Lia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 706 people carried this name — #32,562 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 26% from 559 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lia surname
From the Sicilian surname/name Lìa, from Ilìa (“Elijah”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lia» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 272 people named Lia live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Lia.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Hautes-Pyrénées.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
45 people named Lia live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 35 people named Lia live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
1,105 people named Lia are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Lia,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ernesto Lia 1939–2019 · painter
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Antonio Lia 1942– · politician
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Antonio Lia 1942– · politician
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Pierluigi Lia 1959– · Catholic priest
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Nicoleta Lia 1963– · sprinter
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Brynjar Lia 1966– · professor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lia.
- Lezer 147 · U.S. census
- Lherisson 285 · U.S. census
- Lheureux 2,186 · U.S. census
- Lhomme 138 · U.S. census
- Lhuillier 333 · U.S. census
- Li 111,786 · U.S. census
- Liautaud 225 · U.S. census
- Liban 384 · U.S. census
- Libbrecht 101 · U.S. census
- Liber 298 · U.S. census
- Libera 427 · U.S. census
- Liberal 170 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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