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
Nahaya (Hindi: नाहया, Marathi: नाहाया) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nahaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nahaya is the 1,484,726th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Nahaya live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 345,673rd most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 586 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 295,262. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 95 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Niger it is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 18 percent reside and Nigeria, where 11 percent reside.
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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