Hedayah Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Hedayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hedayah (352) may also be a first name.
Hedayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hedayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hedayah (Marathi: हेदाय) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hedayah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 546,286th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. The surname Hedayah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Hedayah live; 62 percent live in North Africa and 62 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 464,438th most common first name globally, borne by 352 people.
It is most common in Egypt, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 251,191. Apart from Egypt Hedayah is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 34 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hedayah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hedayah in the Marathi language | ||
| हेदाय | hedaya | - |
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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 Hedayah
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