Kahayi Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Kahayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 19 | 1:2,786,401 | 49,097 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kahayi (24) may also be a first name.
Kahayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kahayi (Marathi: कहायी) is most common in Tanzania. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahayi? popularity and diffusion
Kahayi is the 3,185,033rd most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kahayi reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread forename on earth. It is borne by 24 people.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,786,401. In Tanzania Kahayi is primarily concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 47 percent reside, Simiyu Region, where 47 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 5 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 29 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kahayi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kahayi in the Marathi language | ||
| कहायी | kahayi | 66.67 |
| काहायी | kahayi | 33.33 |
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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 Kahayi
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