Chahaya Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Chahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Chahaya (224) may also be a first name.
Chahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chahaya (Hindi: चहया, Marathi: चाहया) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chahaya? popularity and diffusion
Chahaya is the 2,460,878th most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Chahaya live; 79 percent live in Southeast Asia and 79 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 601,629th most commonly used given name on earth, held by 224 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 3,306,230. In Indonesia Chahaya is primarily concentrated in: North Sumatra, where 100 percent reside. Beside Indonesia this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chahaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chahaya in the Marathi language | ||
| चाहया | cahaya | 67.42 |
| चहाया | cahaya | 26.52 |
| छाया | chaya | 4.55 |
| चहया | cahaya | 0.76 |
| Chahaya in the Hindi language | ||
| चहया | cahaya | 66.67 |
| चाहया | cahaya | 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
- 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 Chahaya
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