Sahta Surname
Approximately 679 people bear this surname
Sahta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 380 | 1:470,115 | 8,312 |
| Iran | 167 | 1:459,776 | 28,116 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Turkey | 35 | 1:2,223,469 | 73,459 |
| Latvia | 6 | 1:341,674 | 26,199 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Šahta (14) are calculated separately.
Sahta (181) may also be a first name.
Sahta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sahta (Arabic: سحتا, Hindi: सहता, Marathi: साहता) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Šahta. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahta? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sahta is the 488,458th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 10,732,763 people. The surname Sahta is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sahta live; 81 percent live in South Asia and 81 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Sahta is also the 677,199th most frequently held given name in the world, borne by 181 people.
Sahta is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 380 people, or 1 in 470,115. In Pakistan it is most numerous in: Punjab, where 82 percent are found, Sindh, where 18 percent are found and Islamabad Capital Territory, where 0 percent are found. Not including Pakistan it exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 25 percent are found and Kuwait, where 11 percent are found.
Sahta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sahta has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sahta last name declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahta in the Marathi language | ||
| साहता | sahata | - |
| Sahta in the Hindi language | ||
| सहता | sahata | 50 |
| सह्त | sahta | 12.5 |
| सतलाल | satalala | 12.5 |
| साहता | sahata | 12.5 |
| सह्ता | sahta | 12.5 |
| Sahta in the Arabic language | ||
| سحتا | shta | - |
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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 Sahta
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