Dahiye Surname
Approximately 1,852 people bear this surname
Dahiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 1,078 | 1:12,479 | 828 |
| Kenya | 556 | 1:83,057 | 7,633 |
| Cameroon | 114 | 1:182,185 | 19,170 |
| Mauritania | 41 | 1:99,875 | 6,187 |
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Somaliland | 4 | 1:875,046 | 1,198 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dahiye (717) may also be a first name.
Dahiye Demographics
Dahiye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Dahiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dahiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dahiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻫﻴﻪ) has its highest incidence in Somalia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dahiye? popularity and diffusion
Dahiye is the 220,534th most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 3,934,960 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dahiye are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 84 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Dahiye is also the 308,274th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 717 people.
This last name is most frequent in Somalia, where it is held by 1,078 people, or 1 in 12,479. Apart from Somalia this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 30 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 percent reside.
Dahiye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dahiye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dahiye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻫﻴﻪ | aldahyh | 30.77 |
| ﺩﺍﻫﻴﻪ | dahyh | 26.92 |
| ﺩﺍﻫﻴﺔ | dahyt | 15.38 |
| ﺩﺍﻫﻲ | dahy | 7.69 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻫﻲ | aldahy | 7.69 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻫﻴﺔ | aldahyt | 3.85 |
| ﺩﺍﻫﻰ | dahy | 3.85 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻫﻴﻪ | aldhyh | 3.85 |
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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 Dahiye
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