Ahoy Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Ahoy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 70 | 1:1,096,893 | 49,021 |
| Philippines | 31 | 1:3,265,749 | 145,701 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 10 | 1:136,398 | 7,940 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Ahoy (161) may also be a first name.
Ahoy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahoy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ahoy (Arabic: اهوى, Hindi: आहोय) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ahoy.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahoy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ahoy is the 1,328,442nd most common family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Ahoy live; 47 percent live in South Asia and 41 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 722,635th most frequent first name globally, borne by 161 people.
The surname is most numerous in Iran, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 1,096,893. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 41 percent reside, Gilan Province, where 40 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 17 percent reside. Beside Iran it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 18 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ahoy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ahoy in the Hindi language | ||
| आहोय | ahoya | - |
| Ahoy in the Arabic language | ||
| اهوى | ahwy | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ahoy
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