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 Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
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་) occurs more in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,885th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 141,347 people. The surname 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 commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 11,601 people.
The last name is most widespread in Algeria, where it is held by 13,933 people, or 1 in 2,773. In Algeria Bahi is mostly concentrated in: El Oued Province, where 12 percent reside, Annaba Province, where 10 percent reside and Mostaganem Province, where 10 percent reside. Other than Algeria it occurs in 81 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 22 percent reside and Morocco, where 21 percent reside.
Bahi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bahi has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bahi surname increased 12,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bahi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Bahi surname is primarily Sunni (58%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Bahi surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% 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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