Rihla Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Rihla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 14 | 1:28,869 | 1,682 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Rihla (286) may also be a first name.
Rihla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rihla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rihla (Hindi: रिहला) is more commonly found in The Maldives than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rihla? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rihla is the 4,908,606th most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Rihla occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Rihla reside; 88 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 523,065th most frequent first name globally, held by 286 people.
Rihla is most numerous in The Maldives, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 28,869. In The Maldives Rihla is most prevalent in: Malé, where 50 percent reside, Laamu Atoll, where 21 percent reside and Baa Atoll, where 7 percent reside. Besides The Maldives this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 6 percent reside and Belgium, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rihla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rihla in the Hindi language | ||
| रिहला | rihala | - |
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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 Rihla
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