Bahiyya Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Maldives
Highest density in:
Maldives

Bahiyya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bahiyya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Maldives111:36,7432,003
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Bahiyya (593) may also be a first name.

Bahiyya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bahiyya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bahiyya (Hindi: भइयालाल, Marathi: भैया) has its highest incidence in The Maldives. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bahiyya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Bahiyya occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Bahiyya reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 79 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Bahiyya is also the 343,462nd most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 593 people.

The surname Bahiyya is most frequent in The Maldives, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 36,743. In The Maldives Bahiyya is most prevalent in: Malé, where 91 percent are found and Noonu Atoll, where 9 percent are found. Outside of The Maldives it is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bahiyyah93167/
Vahiyya861/
Bahiyye861/
Bhuiyaya809/
Bahesiya805/
Bhuiyyya803/
Bhuiyiya801/
Bhuiyea714/
Bheuiya713/
Bhuiyay713/
Bahiija711/
Baehija711/
Bohitiya674/
Bojjiyya674/
Bhuiyayo673/
Bahitiye671/
Bhaetiya671/
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Bahiyya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bahiyya in the Hindi language
भइयालालbha'iyalala-
Bahiyya in the Marathi language
भैयाbhaiya-

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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 Bahiyya
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