Helya Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Helya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 112 | 1:472,693 | 32,330 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Hélya (10) are calculated separately.
Helya (362) may also be a first name.
Helya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Helya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Helya (Hindi: हेल्या) occurs most in Tanzania. It can be found as a variant: Hélya. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Helya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,701,480th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Helya live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 457,558th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 362 people.
The surname Helya is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 472,693. In Tanzania Helya is most frequent in: Shinyanga Region, where 93 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 4 percent are found and Rukwa Region, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Helya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Helya in the Hindi language | ||
| हेल्या | helya | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Helya
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