Sahiya Surname
Approximately 1,086 people bear this surname
Sahiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 825 | 1:214,718 | 12,752 |
| Niger | 141 | 1:136,114 | 5,139 |
| India | 64 | 1:11,985,397 | 216,293 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Maldives | 7 | 1:57,739 | 2,642 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sahiya (28,306) may also be a first name.
Sahiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sahiya (Bengali: সাহিয়া, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺤﻴﻪ, Hindi: साहिया, Marathi: साहीया, Oriya: ସାହିୟା) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 338,735th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,710,447 people. The last name Sahiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Sahiya are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 29,165th most commonly held forename on earth It is held by 28,306 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 825 people, or 1 in 214,718. In Nigeria Sahiya is most common in: Zamfara, where 52 percent live, Sokoto, where 47 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 13 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahiya in the Bengali language | ||
| সাহিয়া | sahiya | - |
| Sahiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାହିୟା | sahiya | 85.71 |
| ସହିୟା | sahiya | 14.29 |
| Sahiya in the Hindi language | ||
| साहिया | sahiya | 61.86 |
| सहिया | sahiya | 21.61 |
| सहीया | sahiya | 12.29 |
| साहीया | sahiya | 1.27 |
| साहिय | sahiya | 0.85 |
| सहीय | sahiya | 0.85 |
| सहिय | sahiya | 0.42 |
| साहइया | saha'iya | 0.42 |
| सुबीया | subiya | 0.42 |
| Sahiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﺤﻴﻪ | alshyh | 36.36 |
| ﺍﺳﺤﻴﻪ | ashyh | 27.27 |
| ﺳﺤﻴﻪ | shyh | 18.18 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺤﻴﺔ | alshyt | 18.18 |
| Sahiya in the Marathi language | ||
| साहीया | sahiya | 36.36 |
| सािहया | saihaya | 31.82 |
| सहीया | sahiya | 22.73 |
| साहीय | sahiya | 4.55 |
| शाजीया | sajiya | 4.55 |
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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 Sahiya
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