Nahaya Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Nahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 65 | 1:295,262 | 8,917 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nahaya (586) may also be a first name.
Nahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nahaya (Hindi: नाहया, Marathi: नाहाया) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nahaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Nahaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,484,726th most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Nahaya live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Chadic Africa. Nahaya is also the 345,673rd most frequent given name in the world, held by 586 people.
The surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 295,262. In Niger Nahaya is primarily concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 95 percent are found and Maradi Region, where 5 percent are found. Other than Niger Nahaya exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent are found and Nigeria, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nahaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nahaya in the Hindi language | ||
| नाहया | nahaya | - |
| Nahaya in the Marathi language | ||
| नाहाया | nahaya | 50 |
| नाहया | nahaya | 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 Nahaya
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