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 last name Sahya (Arabic: شياّ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺤﻴﻪ, Hindi: सहया, Marathi: साहया) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Sahya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sahya is the 928,396th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 25,660,373 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Sahya live; 74 percent live in Southeast Asia and 74 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sahya is also the 216,222nd most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 1,321 people.
It is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 629,758. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: West Java, where 90 percent live, North Sumatra, where 4 percent live and South Kalimantan, where 3 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
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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