Kahi Surname
Approximately 5,591 people bear this surname
Kahi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,091 | 1:21,147 | 1,560 |
| Indonesia | 886 | 1:149,265 | 14,673 |
| Iran | 879 | 1:87,352 | 8,800 |
| Kenya | 732 | 1:63,087 | 6,134 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Iraq | 320 | 1:109,443 | 3,199 |
| Algeria | 256 | 1:150,904 | 19,672 |
| Tanzania | 227 | 1:233,223 | 19,155 |
| Niger | 121 | 1:158,612 | 5,735 |
| New Zealand | 98 | 1:46,207 | 7,572 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| India | 73 | 1:10,507,745 | 199,418 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Finland | 20 | 1:274,835 | 20,939 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 1:32,224 | 6,317 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Afghanistan | 17 | 1:1,891,364 | 13,978 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 1:704,635 | 14,756 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Kähi (1) are calculated separately.
Kahi (2,701) may also be a first name.
Kahi Demographics
Kahi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kahi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kahi (Bengali: কহি, Hindi: कही, Marathi: काही, Oriya: କାହି) is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Kähi. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 86,199th most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 1,303,442 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 51 percent of Kahi are found; 20 percent are found in West Africa and 18 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kahi is also the 140,925th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 2,701 people.
It is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 1,091 people, or 1 in 21,147. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Montagnes District, where 73 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 13 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 8 percent live. Beside The Ivory Coast Kahi occurs in 52 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 16 percent live and Iran, where 16 percent live.
Kahi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kahi has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 867 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kahi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (91%) in Kenya and Maronite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Kahi last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the party.
The amount Kahi earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 41.69% more than the national average, earning $61,139 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.17% less than the national average, earning $38,670 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kahi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kahi in the Bengali language | ||
| কহি | kahi | - |
| Kahi in the Oriya language | ||
| କାହି | kahi | - |
| Kahi in the Hindi language | ||
| कही | kahi | 72.73 |
| काही | kahi | 18.18 |
| कहि | kahi | 9.09 |
| Kahi in the Marathi language | ||
| काही | kahi | 47.06 |
| कही | kahi | 47.06 |
| काझी | kajhi | 5.88 |
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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 Kahi
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