Dahaya Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Dahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 87 | 1:608,524 | 37,695 |
| Benin | 81 | 1:127,600 | 13,832 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Dahaya (351) may also be a first name.
Dahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dahaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﺣﻴﻪ, Hindi: डाहया, Marathi: डाहया) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Dahaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dahaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 935,326th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. The last name Dahaya is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Dahaya are found; 48 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dahaya is also the 465,148th most frequent first name globally, borne by 351 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 608,524. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Manyara Region, where 98 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 1 percent live and Simiyu Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 29 percent live and Nigeria, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dahaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dahaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﺣﻴﻪ | aldhyh | - |
| Dahaya in the Hindi language | ||
| डाहया | d'ahaya | - |
| Dahaya in the Marathi language | ||
| डाहया | d'ahaya | 87.32 |
| दहया | dahaya | 5.63 |
| दहाया | dahaya | 2.82 |
| डहया | dahaya | 1.41 |
| दाहया | dahaya | 1.41 |
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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 Dahaya
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