Bahaye Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Bahaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 175 | 1:302,524 | 23,291 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
Bahaye (410) may also be a first name.
Bahaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bahaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bahaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻫﻴﻪ, Marathi: बहाये) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahaye? popularity and diffusion
Bahaye is the 1,048,281st most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 30,491,824 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Bahaye live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 425,605th most common first name world-wide, borne by 410 people.
It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 302,524. In Tanzania Bahaye is primarily found in: Dodoma Region, where 97 percent reside, Tabora Region, where 2 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania Bahaye is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 14 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bahaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bahaye in the Marathi language | ||
| बहाये | bahaye | 60 |
| बघये | baghaye | 20 |
| बाहाये | bahaye | 10 |
| बाटवे | batave | 10 |
| Bahaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻫﻴﻪ | bahyh | 50 |
| ﺑﻬﻴﻪ | bhyh | 25 |
| ﺑﺤﺎﻱ | bhay | 25 |
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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 Bahaye
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