Dehany Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Dehany Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Dehany Demographics
Dehany Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Dehany Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dehany Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dehany (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺣﺎﻧﻲ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dehany.
How Common Is The Last Name Dehany? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dehany is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. Dehany occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Dehany reside; 52 percent reside in Northern Europe and 52 percent reside in British Isles.
It is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 91 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania Dehany occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 40 percent reside and Scotland, where 12 percent reside.
Dehany Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dehany has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Dehany surname increased 125 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dehany Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Dehany last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dehany Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dehany in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺣﺎﻧﻲ | dhany | 42.86 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﺣﻨﻲ | aldhny | 28.57 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻫﺎﻧﻰ | aldhany | 14.29 |
| ﺩﺣﺎﻧﻰ | dhany | 14.29 |
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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 Dehany
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