Mehaia Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Mehaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 167 | 1:231,327 | 25,749 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
The alternate forms: Mehaïa (1) are calculated separately.
Mehaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mehaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mehaia (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺤﻴﺎ) occurs most in Algeria. It may also be rendered as: Mehaïa. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mehaia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,328,442nd most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mehaia are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 99 percent are found in Mahgreb.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 231,327. In Algeria Mehaia is most common in: Biskra Province, where 62 percent reside, Tébessa Province, where 37 percent reside and Ghardaïa Province, where 1 percent reside. Not including Algeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 1 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mehaia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mehaia in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺤﻴﺎ | amhya | - |
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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 Mehaia
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