Abahya Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Abahya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Abahya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abahya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abahya (Hindi: अभय, Marathi: अभय) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abahya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Abahya reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Abahya is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 50 percent live and Plateau, where 50 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Abahya exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent live and The Philippines, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abahya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abahya in the Hindi language | ||
| अभय | abhaya | - |
| Abahya in the Marathi language | ||
| अभय | abhaya | - |
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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
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- 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 Abahya
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