Lahaya Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Lahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 135 | 1:979,624 | 72,032 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Lahaya (192) may also be a first name.
Lahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lahaya (Marathi: लहया) is most common in Indonesia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lahaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Lahaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lahaya is the 1,272,314th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. Lahaya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Lahaya reside; 77 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 77 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 655,603rd most widely held given name in the world. It is borne by 192 people.
The surname Lahaya is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 979,624. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: Gorontalo, where 31 percent are found, North Maluku, where 30 percent are found and East Nusa Tenggara, where 28 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 16 percent are found and Malaysia, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lahaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lahaya in the Marathi language | ||
| लहया | lahaya | 71.43 |
| लाहया | lahaya | 22.86 |
| लाहाया | lahaya | 2.86 |
| लहान्या | lahan'ya | 2.86 |
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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 Lahaya
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