Kahija Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Kahija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Namibia | 25 | 1:96,376 | 8,697 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kahija (17) may also be a first name.
Kahija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kahija (Hindi: कहीजा) is held by more people in Botswana than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahija? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,352,516th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kahija live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held forename globally It is held by 17 people.
This surname is most widespread in Botswana, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 66,271. Besides Botswana this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 38 percent live and Tanzania, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kahija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kahija in the Hindi language | ||
| कहीजा | kahija | - |
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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 Kahija
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