Jahya Surname
Approximately 502 people bear this surname
Jahya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 433 | 1:305,425 | 27,056 |
| Malaysia | 42 | 1:702,243 | 33,141 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Jahya (729) may also be a first name.
Jahya Demographics
Average Jahya Salary in
United States
$34,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jahya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jahya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jahya (Arabic: جهيا, Hindi: जह्य, Marathi: जाहया) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jahya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 614,324th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 14,517,024 people. Jahya is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Jahya reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 95 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jahya is also the 305,398th most commonly used forename worldwide It is held by 729 people.
This last name is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 433 people, or 1 in 305,425. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: West Java, where 36 percent live, Jakarta, where 25 percent live and Gorontalo, where 9 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 8 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Jahya Last Name Statistics demography
Jahya earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jahya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jahya in the Hindi language | ||
| जह्य | jahya | - |
| Jahya in the Marathi language | ||
| जाहया | jahaya | - |
| Jahya in the Arabic language | ||
| جهيا | jhya | - |
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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 Jahya
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