Bahi Surname
Approximately 51,558 people bear this surname
Bahi Surname User-submission:
Bahí, with an accent on the i, is a Catalan surname. It is a false dialectal graphy for veí, which means 'neighbor' in catalan.
Bahi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 13,933 | 1:2,773 | 363 |
| Ivory Coast | 11,360 | 1:2,031 | 201 |
| Morocco | 10,974 | 1:3,142 | 276 |
| Egypt | 3,600 | 1:25,538 | 2,858 |
| Iran | 3,546 | 1:21,653 | 2,749 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,829 | 1:16,870 | 2,323 |
| Indonesia | 897 | 1:147,435 | 14,508 |
| India | 785 | 1:977,153 | 41,562 |
| Niger | 737 | 1:26,041 | 1,527 |
| Pakistan | 694 | 1:257,412 | 5,753 |
| Iraq | 639 | 1:54,807 | 2,092 |
| Spain | 376 | 1:124,341 | 9,599 |
| France | 289 | 1:229,836 | 35,639 |
| Lebanon | 171 | 1:32,965 | 3,286 |
| Mauritania | 149 | 1:27,482 | 2,315 |
| Tanzania | 136 | 1:389,277 | 27,871 |
| United States | 126 | 1:2,876,658 | 169,773 |
| Belgium | 102 | 1:112,712 | 16,775 |
| England | 95 | 1:586,506 | 35,379 |
| Brazil | 95 | 1:2,253,414 | 69,998 |
| Benin | 92 | 1:112,344 | 12,545 |
| Canada | 79 | 1:466,400 | 40,200 |
| Sweden | 70 | 1:140,668 | 9,936 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Thailand | 55 | 1:1,284,334 | 183,539 |
| United Arab Emirates | 54 | 1:169,672 | 12,566 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| Malaysia | 49 | 1:601,923 | 29,168 |
| Philippines | 46 | 1:2,200,831 | 124,033 |
| Argentina | 43 | 1:994,033 | 62,207 |
| Palestine | 43 | 1:105,787 | 7,133 |
| Tunisia | 43 | 1:14,201 | 2,330 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Afghanistan | 27 | 1:1,190,859 | 10,584 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Syria | 19 | 1:1,015,843 | 6,722 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Bahi (11,601) may also be a first name.
Bahi Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Bahí, with an accent on the i, is a Catalan surname. It is a false dialectal graphy for veí, which means 'neighbor' in catalan.
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Bahi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bahi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bahi (Arabic: باحي, Bengali: বহি, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺎﻫﻲ, Hindi: बही, Marathi: बाही, Oriya: ବହି, Tibetan: བ་ཧི་) is more frequently found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,885th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 141,347 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Bahi live; 55 percent live in North Africa and 48 percent live in Mahgreb. Bahi is also the 55,441st most numerous first name globally It is held by 11,601 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 13,933 people, or 1 in 2,773. In Algeria it is primarily found in: El Oued Province, where 12 percent live, Annaba Province, where 10 percent live and Mostaganem Province, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria this surname exists in 81 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 22 percent live and Morocco, where 21 percent live.
Bahi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bahi has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bahi last name grew 12,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bahi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Bahi last name is chiefly Sunni (58%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Bahi last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.
The amount Bahi earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 2.77% less than the national average, earning $41,952 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.41% less than the national average, earning $47,492 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bahi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bahi in the Tibetan language | ||
| བ་ཧི་ | bahi | - |
| Bahi in the Bengali language | ||
| বহি | bahi | - |
| Bahi in the Oriya language | ||
| ବହି | bahi | 69.23 |
| ବାହି | bahi | 15.38 |
| ବହୀ | bahi | 5.13 |
| ବାହୀ | bahi | 5.13 |
| ଜଗବୁବହି | jagabubahi | 2.56 |
| ବାହିତାି | bahitai | 2.56 |
| Bahi in the Marathi language | ||
| बाही | bahi | 64 |
| बही | bahi | 36 |
| Bahi in the Hindi language | ||
| बही | bahi | 58.18 |
| बाही | bahi | 23.64 |
| बहि | bahi | 14.55 |
| भाई | bha'i | 1.82 |
| Bahi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﺎﻫﻲ | abahy | 44.9 |
| ﺑﺎﻫﻲ | bahy | 17.35 |
| ﺑﺢ | bh | 8.16 |
| ﺍﺑﺎﻫﻰ | abahy | 7.14 |
| ﺃﺑﺎﻫﻲ | abahy | 4.08 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﺎﻩ | albah | 3.06 |
| ﺑﺤﻲ | bhy | 3.06 |
| ﺑﺤﻰ | bhy | 2.04 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﺎﻫﻲ | albahy | 2.04 |
| ﺑﺎﻫﻰ | bahy | 2.04 |
| ﺑﺎﺣﻲ | bahy | 1.02 |
| ﺍﺑﻬﻲ | abhy | 1.02 |
| ﺍﺑﺤﻲ | abhy | 1.02 |
| ﺑﺎﻫﻴﺔ | bahyt | 1.02 |
| Bahi in the Arabic language | ||
| باحي | bahy | - |
| باهي | bahy | - |
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