Behaya Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Behaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Behaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Behaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺤﻲ) is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Behaya? popularity and diffusion
Behaya is the 2,689,253rd most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Behaya are found; 42 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 42 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 4,601,737. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Northern Mindanao, where 50 percent live, Davao Region, where 45 percent live and Calabarzon, where 5 percent live. Besides The Philippines this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 35 percent live and Sweden, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Behaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Behaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺤﻲ | bhy | 37.5 |
| ﺍﺑﺤﻲ | abhy | 25 |
| ﺑﻬﻴﻪ | bhyh | 12.5 |
| ﺑﺤﻴﻪ | bhyh | 12.5 |
| ﺍﺑﻬﻲ | abhy | 12.5 |
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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 Behaya
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