Kahiya Surname
Approximately 1,759 people bear this surname
Kahiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 671 | 1:23,008 | 3,471 |
| Niger | 543 | 1:35,344 | 1,943 |
| DR Congo | 445 | 1:166,022 | 17,095 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Kahiya (250) may also be a first name.
Kahiya Demographics
Average Kahiya Salary in
Canada
$39,197 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Kahiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kahiya (Hindi: कहिया, Marathi: कहीया) is found most in Zimbabwe. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 230,125th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 4,143,005 people. The last name Kahiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kahiya live; 40 percent live in Southern Africa and 40 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kahiya is also the 563,826th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 250 people.
This surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 671 people, or 1 in 23,008. In Zimbabwe Kahiya is most numerous in: Mashonaland East Province, where 49 percent reside, Harare Province, where 30 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 7 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 31 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside.
Kahiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kahiya surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Kahiya earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 21.11% less than the national average, earning $39,197 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kahiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kahiya in the Marathi language | ||
| कहीया | kahiya | - |
| Kahiya in the Hindi language | ||
| कहिया | kahiya | 80 |
| काहिया | kahiya | 20 |
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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 Kahiya
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