Jahaya Surname
Approximately 330 people bear this surname
Jahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 249 | 1:118,451 | 7,826 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Jahaya (318) may also be a first name.
Jahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jahaya (Hindi: जहा, Marathi: जहया) is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jahaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jahaya is the 835,661st most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 22,083,472 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Jahaya are found; 86 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 80 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 492,367th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 318 people.
The last name Jahaya is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is held by 249 people, or 1 in 118,451. In Malaysia Jahaya is mostly found in: Kedah, where 24 percent reside, Perak, where 20 percent reside and Selangor, where 16 percent reside. Beside Malaysia it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent reside and Qatar, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jahaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jahaya in the Marathi language | ||
| जहया | jahaya | 80 |
| जाहया | jahaya | 20 |
| Jahaya in the Hindi language | ||
| जहा | jaha | 78.57 |
| जहया | jahaya | 14.29 |
| जाहाया | jahaya | 7.14 |
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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 Jahaya
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