Devah Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Devah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 177 | 1:4,333,703 | 114,361 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Devah (92) may also be a first name.
Devah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Devah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Devah (Hindi: देवह) is found most frequently in India. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Devah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,227,038th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Devah are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 88 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Devah is also the 992,070th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 92 people.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 4,333,703. In India it is most frequent in: Bihar, where 42 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 33 percent reside and Jharkhand, where 14 percent reside. Other than India this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 5 percent reside and Iran, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Devah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Devah in the Hindi language | ||
| देवह | devaha | 95.92 |
| देवाह | devaha | 2.04 |
| देव | deva | 2.04 |
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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 Devah
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