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 or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guaha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Guaha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Guaha reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Guaha is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 292,490. In Mauritania Guaha is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent live. Other than Mauritania this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs 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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