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 occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rahaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 465,182nd most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 10,065,671 people. The surname Rahaya is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Rahaya reside; 80 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 80 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Rahaya is also the 204,006th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,460 people.
The surname Rahaya is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 574 people, or 1 in 230,399. In Indonesia Rahaya is primarily concentrated in: East Java, where 57 percent live, Jakarta, where 18 percent live and Lampung, where 7 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found 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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