Dehingia Surname

51,786th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,891 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Dehingia Surname User-submission:

The Dehingia surname means 'of the Dihing river'. During the Ahom rule in Assam, the people living along the bank of the Dihing river were titled as Dehingia.

Dehingia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India9,8871:77,5835,260
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Dehingia Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Dehingia surname means 'of the Dihing river'. During the Ahom rule in Assam, the people living along the bank of the Dihing river were titled as Dehingia.

- samiran

Dehingia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dehingia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dehingia (Marathi: देिंहिगया) occurs most in India. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dehingia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 51,786th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 736,786 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Dehingia live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Dehingia is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 9,887 people, or 1 in 77,583. In India it is mostly found in: Assam, where 99 percent are found, Arunachal Pradesh, where 1 percent are found and Nagaland, where 0 percent are found. Not including India this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dehingia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dehingia in the Marathi language
देिंहिगयाdeinhigaya-

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