Shahya Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Shahya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 32 | 1:5,582,621 | 34,646 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Shahya (33) may also be a first name.
Shahya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shahya (Hindi: शाहया, Marathi: शहया) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,323,005th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. Shahya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shahya live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shahya is also the 1,807,719th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 33 people.
The surname Shahya is most common in Pakistan, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 5,582,621. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 100 percent live. Apart from Pakistan this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent live and Thailand, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shahya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shahya in the Marathi language | ||
| शहया | sahaya | - |
| Shahya in the Hindi language | ||
| शाहया | sahaya | 60 |
| शहया | sahaya | 20 |
| शाहय | sahaya | 20 |
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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 Shahya
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