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) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kahaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kahaya is the 409,546th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,543,430 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Kahaya reside; 55 percent reside in Central Africa and 55 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kahaya is also the 925,156th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 104 people.
Kahaya is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 465 people, or 1 in 158,881. Besides The DR Congo this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 31 percent live and Turkey, where 6 percent live.
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
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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 Kahaya
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