Hediya Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Hediya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 58 | 1:70,601 | 4,804 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Hediya (217) may also be a first name.
Hediya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hediya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hediya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﺪﻳﻪ, Hindi: हेडिया, Marathi: हेदीया) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hediya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,091,648th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Hediya are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Hediya is also the 612,983rd most frequently used forename world-wide. It is borne by 217 people.
The last name Hediya is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 70,601. In Mauritania it is most common in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 33 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 24 percent reside and Gorgol Region, where 24 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent reside and Egypt, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hediya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hediya in the Hindi language | ||
| हेडिया | hediya | - |
| Hediya in the Marathi language | ||
| हेदीया | hediya | - |
| Hediya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﺪﻳﻪ | hdyh | 67.74 |
| ﻫﺪﻱ | hdy | 22.58 |
| ﻫﺪﻳﺔ | hdyt | 3.23 |
| ﺣﺪﻳﻪ | hdyh | 3.23 |
| ﺣﺪﻳﺔ | hdyt | 3.23 |
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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 Hediya
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