Rahaya Surname
Approximately 724 people bear this surname
Rahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 574 | 1:230,399 | 21,352 |
| India | 133 | 1:5,767,409 | 137,347 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Rahaya (1,460) may also be a first name.
Rahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rahaya (Hindi: रहया, Marathi: राहया) is most common in Indonesia. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rahaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rahaya is the 465,182nd most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 10,065,671 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Rahaya are found; 80 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 80 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 204,006th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 1,460 people.
This last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 574 people, or 1 in 230,399. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: East Java, where 57 percent are found, Jakarta, where 18 percent are found and Lampung, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 18 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rahaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rahaya in the Marathi language | ||
| राहया | rahaya | 93.46 |
| रहया | rahaya | 3.85 |
| राहाया | rahaya | 1.92 |
| राहय | rahaya | 0.77 |
| Rahaya in the Hindi language | ||
| रहया | rahaya | 50 |
| राहया | rahaya | 25 |
| रहाया | rahaya | 25 |
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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 Rahaya
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