Podahi Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Podahi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Podahi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Podahi (25) may also be a first name.

Podahi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Podahi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Podahi (Hindi: पोडही) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Podahi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Podahi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Podahi reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Podahi is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 25 people.

The surname Podahi is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 96 percent live and Kaduna, where 4 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 4 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Podahei921/
Padahi8316/
Podohi831/
Padhahi775/
Padaei6731/
Poddae6718/
Padohi6713/
Padaui676/
Poduie675/
Padehi672/
Padahe671/
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Podahi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Podahi in the Hindi language
पोडहीpodahi-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Podahi
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