Chahya Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Chahya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 158 | 1:837,020 | 63,356 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chahya (659) may also be a first name.
Chahya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chahya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chahya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻫﻲ, Marathi: छाया, Oriya: ଚହଯ୍ା) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chahya.
How Common Is The Last Name Chahya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,343,156th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Chahya live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 96 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Chahya is also the 323,427th most common given name worldwide It is held by 659 people.
The last name Chahya is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 837,020. In Indonesia it is most common in: Jakarta, where 35 percent reside, West Kalimantan, where 28 percent reside and Banten, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chahya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chahya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻫﻲ | alshahy | - |
| Chahya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚହଯ୍ା | cahaya | - |
| Chahya in the Marathi language | ||
| छाया | chaya | 50 |
| चाहया | cahaya | 43.75 |
| छया | chaya | 6.25 |
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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 Chahya
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