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
The last name Balahi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻼﻫﻲ, Hindi: बलाही, Marathi: बलही, Oriya: ବାଲହି) occurs most in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Balahi.
How Common Is The Last Name Balahi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 577,768th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 13,396,224 people. Balahi is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Balahi reside; 53 percent reside in East Africa and 53 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Balahi is also the 277,821st most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 859 people.
Balahi is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 181,930. In Tanzania Balahi is most prevalent in: Dodoma Region, where 80 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 30 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
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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