Balahi Surname
Approximately 544 people bear this surname
Balahi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 291 | 1:181,930 | 15,797 |
| United Arab Emirates | 164 | 1:55,868 | 5,445 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Niger | 30 | 1:639,734 | 15,675 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Balahi (859) may also be a first name.
Balahi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balahi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balahi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻼﻫﻲ, Hindi: बलाही, Marathi: बलही, Oriya: ବାଲହି) is most common in Tanzania. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balahi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 577,768th most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 13,396,224 people. The last name Balahi occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Balahi live; 53 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 277,821st most common first name in the world, borne by 859 people.
Balahi is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 181,930. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 80 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent live and Arusha Region, where 0 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 30 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balahi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balahi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻼﻫﻲ | blahy | - |
| Balahi in the Hindi language | ||
| बलाही | balahi | 94.44 |
| बलही | balahi | 5.56 |
| Balahi in the Marathi language | ||
| बलही | balahi | 75 |
| बालाजी | balaji | 12.5 |
| बालही | balahi | 12.5 |
| Balahi in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାଲହି | balahi | 52.69 |
| ବାଲହୀ | balahi | 46.15 |
| ବଲହି | balahi | 0.77 |
| ବାଲାହୀ | balahi | 0.38 |
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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 Balahi
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