Sahya Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Sahya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 210 | 1:629,758 | 49,645 |
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Sahya (1,321) may also be a first name.
Sahya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sahya (Arabic: شياّ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺤﻴﻪ, Hindi: सहया, Marathi: साहया) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 928,396th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 25,660,373 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Sahya live; 74 percent live in Southeast Asia and 74 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 216,222nd most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 1,321 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 629,758. In Indonesia Sahya is primarily concentrated in: West Java, where 90 percent are found, North Sumatra, where 4 percent are found and South Kalimantan, where 3 percent are found. Besides Indonesia this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﺤﻴﻪ | alshyh | - |
| Sahya in the Marathi language | ||
| साहया | sahaya | - |
| Sahya in the Hindi language | ||
| सहया | sahaya | 65 |
| साहय | sahaya | 20 |
| सह्या | sahya | 5 |
| सहाय | sahaya | 5 |
| साहया | sahaya | 5 |
| Sahya in the Arabic language | ||
| شياّ | shya | - |
| صهيا | shya | - |
| شيّا | shya | - |
| شيعا | shya | - |
| شيا | shya | - |
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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 Sahya
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