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 last name Mehaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﺤﻴﻪ, Hindi: मेहया, Marathi: मेहाया) is found in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mehaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 278,216th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 5,239,070 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Mehaya reside; 82 percent reside in North Africa and 66 percent reside in Mahgreb. Mehaya is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 21 people.
It is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is held by 925 people, or 1 in 41,764. In Algeria Mehaya is most numerous in: Ghardaïa Province, where 68 percent reside, Tébessa Province, where 17 percent reside and Bouïra Province, where 15 percent reside. Other than Algeria Mehaya is found in 7 countries. It also occurs 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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