Dehah Surname
Approximately 632 people bear this surname
Dehah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 618 | 1:6,626 | 753 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dehah (74) may also be a first name.
Dehah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dehah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dehah (Arabic: دحاح, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻫﺎﻩ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dehah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 515,938th most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 11,530,927 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dehah are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Dehah is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently held forename internationally It is held by 74 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 618 people, or 1 in 6,626. In Mauritania Dehah is most prevalent in: Trarza Region, where 43 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 15 percent reside and Hodh Chargui Region, where 13 percent reside. Beside Mauritania Dehah exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 1 percent reside and Iran, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dehah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dehah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻫﺎﻩ | dhah | 50.88 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻫﺎﻩ | aldhah | 44.69 |
| ﺍﺩﻫﺎﻩ | adhah | 3.98 |
| ﺩﺍﻫﺎﻩ | dahah | 0.44 |
| Dehah in the Arabic language | ||
| دحاح | dhah | - |
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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 Dehah
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