Kahaya Surname
Approximately 853 people bear this surname
Kahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 465 | 1:158,881 | 16,459 |
| Tanzania | 263 | 1:201,299 | 17,178 |
| Turkey | 48 | 1:1,621,280 | 61,377 |
| Uganda | 35 | 1:1,115,408 | 46,348 |
| Zambia | 30 | 1:528,331 | 22,995 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Kahaya (104) may also be a first name.
Kahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kahaya (Hindi: कन्हैया, Marathi: काहया) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kahaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 409,546th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 8,543,430 people. Kahaya is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Kahaya live; 55 percent live in Central Africa and 55 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 925,156th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 104 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 465 people, or 1 in 158,881. Not including The DR Congo this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 31 percent reside and Turkey, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kahaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kahaya in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्हैया | kanhaiya | - |
| Kahaya in the Marathi language | ||
| काहया | kahaya | 75 |
| कहा-या | kaha-ya | 25 |
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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 Kahaya
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