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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Abahya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abahya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most common last name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Abahya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Abahya are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Abahya is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Abahya is most numerous in: Benue, where 50 percent live and Plateau, where 50 percent live. Beside 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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