Marhaya Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Marhaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 188 | 1:703,453 | 54,601 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Marhaya (949) may also be a first name.
Marhaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marhaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Marhaya (Marathi: महर्या) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Marhaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,070,546th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. The surname Marhaya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Marhaya are found; 81 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 81 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 262,241st most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 949 people.
It is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 188 people, or 1 in 703,453. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Jakarta, where 39 percent are found, South Sulawesi, where 28 percent are found and West Java, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia Marhaya exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 18 percent are found and Niger, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Marhaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marhaya in the Marathi language | ||
| महर्या | maharya | 58.33 |
| म-हया | ma-haya | 20.83 |
| महया | mahaya | 8.33 |
| माहान्या | mahan'ya | 4.17 |
| माहया | mahaya | 4.17 |
| म-्हया | ma-haya | 4.17 |
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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 Marhaya
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