Belahy Surname
Approximately 3,882 people bear this surname
Belahy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 3,880 | 1:6,095 | 1,238 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Belahy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belahy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Belahy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻼﻫﻲ) is borne by more people in Madagascar than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Belahy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Belahy? popularity and diffusion
Belahy is the 118,437th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,877,266 people. The last name Belahy occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Belahy live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in Barito Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Madagascar, where it is held by 3,880 people, or 1 in 6,095. Other than Madagascar this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent live and Mauritania, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Belahy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Belahy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻼﻫﻲ | blahy | 33.33 |
| ﺑﻼﻫﻰ | blahy | 33.33 |
| ﺑﻼﻩ | blah | 33.33 |
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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 Belahy
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