Cahaya Surname
Approximately 6,620 people bear this surname
Cahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 6,543 | 1:20,212 | 2,455 |
| Malaysia | 32 | 1:921,695 | 41,854 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Taiwan | 13 | 1:1,803,442 | 11,840 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Cahaya (7,521) may also be a first name.
Cahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cahaya (Marathi: छाया) occurs most in Indonesia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cahaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 74,269th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,100,838 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Cahaya are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Cahaya is also the 74,085th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 7,521 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 6,543 people, or 1 in 20,212. In Indonesia Cahaya is most numerous in: West Java, where 18 percent live, North Sumatra, where 13 percent live and East Java, where 11 percent live. Excluding Indonesia Cahaya exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 0 percent live and Singapore, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cahaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cahaya in the Marathi language | ||
| छाया | chaya | - |
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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 Cahaya
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