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
Mehaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﺤﻴﻪ, Hindi: मेहया, Marathi: मेहाया) is found most in Algeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mehaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Mehaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 278,216th most frequently used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 5,239,070 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Mehaya live; 82 percent live in North Africa and 66 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 21 people.
The last name Mehaya is most numerous in Algeria, where it is borne by 925 people, or 1 in 41,764. In Algeria it is most prevalent in: Ghardaïa Province, where 68 percent reside, Tébessa Province, where 17 percent reside and Bouïra Province, where 15 percent reside. Barring Algeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent reside and Egypt, where 15 percent reside.
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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