Kashaya Surname
Approximately 918 people bear this surname
Kashaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 679 | 1:22,737 | 3,429 |
| Zambia | 153 | 1:103,594 | 8,227 |
| Uganda | 63 | 1:619,671 | 32,575 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kashaya (52) may also be a first name.
Kashaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kashaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kashaya (Hindi: कशाय, Marathi: काशया, Oriya: କଷୟା) is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kashaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 386,702nd most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,938,503 people. Kashaya is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kashaya reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 52 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 679 people, or 1 in 22,737. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 69 percent are found, Harare Province, where 17 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 17 percent are found and Uganda, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kashaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kashaya in the Hindi language | ||
| कशाय | kasaya | - |
| Kashaya in the Oriya language | ||
| କଷୟା | kasaya | - |
| Kashaya in the Marathi language | ||
| काशया | kasaya | 73.91 |
| काशाया | kasaya | 17.39 |
| कशया | kasaya | 4.35 |
| अक्षय | aksaya | 4.35 |
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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 Kashaya
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