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 found most in Mauritania. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Dehany click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dehany? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,957,383rd most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Dehany are found; 52 percent are found in Northern Europe and 52 percent are found in British Isles.
Dehany is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania Dehany is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 91 percent live and Assaba Region, where 9 percent live. Not including Mauritania Dehany exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 40 percent live and Scotland, where 12 percent live.
Dehany Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dehany has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 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 carrying the surname is predominantly 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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