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 found in Botswana more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahija? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,352,516th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Kahija is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kahija are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kahija is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held forename at a global level, held by 17 people.
The last name is most widely held in Botswana, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 66,271. Other than Botswana this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 38 percent reside and Tanzania, where 5 percent reside.
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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