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
The last name Ahoy (Arabic: اهوى, Hindi: आहोय) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahoy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ahoy is the 1,328,442nd most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Ahoy are found; 47 percent are found in South Asia and 41 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Ahoy is also the 722,635th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 161 people.
The surname is most widespread in Iran, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 1,096,893. In Iran Ahoy is primarily concentrated in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 41 percent are found, Gilan Province, where 40 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 17 percent are found. Beside Iran this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 18 percent are found and Indonesia, where 11 percent are found.
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
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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 Ahoy
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