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
Dahiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻫﻴﻪ) is carried by more people in Somalia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dahiye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 220,534th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 3,934,960 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dahiye reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 308,274th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 717 people.
The last name Dahiye is most frequently used in Somalia, where it is carried by 1,078 people, or 1 in 12,479. Not including Somalia this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 30 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.
Dahiye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Dahiye last name is chiefly 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
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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 Dahiye
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