Mehaya Surname
Approximately 1,391 people bear this surname
Mehaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 925 | 1:41,764 | 7,450 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Mehaya (21) may also be a first name.
Mehaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mehaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mehaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﺤﻴﻪ, Hindi: मेहया, Marathi: मेहाया) is found most in Algeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mehaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mehaya is the 278,216th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,239,070 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Mehaya are found; 82 percent are found in North Africa and 66 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,368,944th most numerous first name globally, held by 21 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is carried by 925 people, or 1 in 41,764. In Algeria Mehaya is mostly concentrated in: Ghardaïa Province, where 68 percent are found, Tébessa Province, where 17 percent are found and Bouïra Province, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Algeria this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent are found and Egypt, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mehaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mehaya in the Hindi language | ||
| मेहया | mehaya | - |
| Mehaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﺤﻴﻪ | amhyh | 50 |
| ﺍﻣﺤﻴﻪ | amhyh | 50 |
| Mehaya in the Marathi language | ||
| मेहाया | mehaya | 50 |
| मेहया | mehaya | 50 |
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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 Mehaya
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