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 last name Rahaya (Hindi: रहया, Marathi: राहया) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Rahaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Rahaya? popularity and diffusion
Rahaya is the 465,182nd most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 10,065,671 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Rahaya live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 204,006th most commonly held forename at a global level It is held by 1,460 people.
This last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 574 people, or 1 in 230,399. In Indonesia Rahaya is primarily found in: East Java, where 57 percent live, Jakarta, where 18 percent live and Lampung, where 7 percent live. Barring Indonesia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 18 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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
- 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 Rahaya
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