Dakhay Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Dakhay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 50 | 1:81,897 | 5,336 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Dakhay (12) may also be a first name.
Dakhay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakhay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dakhay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﺧﻲ, Marathi: दखाय, Oriya: ଦଖୟ, Russian: Дахай) is most common in Mauritania. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakhay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,605,694th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname Dakhay is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Dakhay live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Dakhay is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 12 people.
This last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 81,897. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 7 percent reside and Qatar, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dakhay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dakhay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﺧﻲ | aldkhy | - |
| Dakhay in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦଖୟ | dakhaya | - |
| Dakhay in the Marathi language | ||
| दखाय | dakhaya | - |
| Dakhay in the Russian language | ||
| Дахай | dahaj | - |
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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 Dakhay
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