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) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahayi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,185,033rd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kahayi live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kahayi is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread given name on earth, borne by 24 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,786,401. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 47 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 47 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 5 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 29 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 percent live.
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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