Dahit Surname

243,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,637 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Nepal

Dahit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dahit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal1,3461:21,160976
Somalia1961:68,6332,887
India731:10,507,745199,418
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Dahit (138) may also be a first name.

Dahit Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dahit Come From? nationality or country of origin

Dahit (Hindi: दहित, Marathi: दािहत, Oriya: ଦହିତ) is held by more people in Nepal than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Dahit.

How Common Is The Last Name Dahit? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 243,551st most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 4,451,769 people. The surname Dahit is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Dahit are found; 87 percent are found in South Asia and 87 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 787,636th most common forename at a global level. It is borne by 138 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nepal, where it is carried by 1,346 people, or 1 in 21,160. In Nepal Dahit is most frequent in: Bheri, where 67 percent are found, Narayani, where 14 percent are found and Seti, where 11 percent are found. Besides Nepal this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 12 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dahiot9188/
Dahiet912/
Dahitt911/
Daheit911/
Dhahit911/
Dahiett831/
Dahid80311/
Dahić80231/
Dauit8054/
Dohit8045/
Dahet8015/
Dehit801/
Deait801/
Dehuit7324/
Dhahid736/
Dahiod735/
Daeith734/
Dehitt733/
Dhohit732/
Dauite732/
Daecht732/
Douait731/
Daheth731/
Dohith731/
Dahett730/
Daet672,814/
Dajhaid674/
Dahesht671/
Deihiet671/
Dhaiyet671/
Deuhitt671/

Dahit Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dahit in the Hindi language
दहितdahita-
Dahit in the Oriya language
ଦହିତdahita89.29
ଦହୀତdahita5.36
ଦହିତତାିଆdahitatai'a3.57
Dahit in the Marathi language
दािहतdaihata58.33
दहीतdahita25
धाईतdha'ita8.33
दाहीतdahita8.33

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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 Dahit
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