Deheya Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Deheya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Deheya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Deheya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Deheya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺣﻲ) is most common in Mauritania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Deheya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Deheya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Deheya live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
It is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 55 percent are found, Adrar Region, where 27 percent are found and Gorgol Region, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Deheya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Deheya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺣﻲ | dhy | 42.86 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻫﻴﻪ | aldhyh | 28.57 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻫﻴﺔ | aldhyt | 14.29 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﺣﻲ | aldhy | 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 Deheya
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