Guaha Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Guaha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Guaha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guaha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guaha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻫﺎ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guaha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Guaha is the 4,427,875th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Guaha occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Guaha reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Guaha is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 292,490. In Mauritania Guaha is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Mauritania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 10 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guaha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guaha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻫﺎ | kaha | 50 |
| ﺍﻛﺎﻫﺎ | akaha | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻛﺎﻩ | akah | 16.67 |
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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 Guaha
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