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 found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakhay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,605,694th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 frequently held first name on earth, borne by 12 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 81,897. In Mauritania Dakhay is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent reside. Beside Mauritania Dakhay occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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