Sahanai Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Sahanai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 48 | 1:15,980,529 | 256,885 |
| Nepal | 7 | 1:4,068,708 | 11,207 |
The alternate forms: Sahanaï (1) are calculated separately.
Sahanai (111) may also be a first name.
Sahanai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahanai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sahanai (Hindi: सहनाई, Marathi: सहानी, Oriya: ସାହାନାଇ) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Sahanaï. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahanai? popularity and diffusion
Sahanai is the 2,605,694th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sahanai live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sahanai is also the 890,531st most commonly used first name globally, borne by 111 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 15,980,529. In India Sahanai is mostly concentrated in: Bihar, where 31 percent are found, Gujarat, where 29 percent are found and West Bengal, where 13 percent are found. Barring India this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Nepal, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahanai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahanai in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାହାନାଇ | sahana'i | 75 |
| ସହନାଇ | sahana'i | 25 |
| Sahanai in the Hindi language | ||
| सहनाई | sahana'i | 68.75 |
| शहनाई | sahana'i | 12.5 |
| साहनाी | sahanai | 12.5 |
| सहानाी | sahanai | 6.25 |
| Sahanai in the Marathi language | ||
| सहानी | sahani | 57.14 |
| साहनी | sahani | 28.57 |
| सहनाई | sahana'i | 14.29 |
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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 Sahanai
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