Shakhay Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Shakhay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 1:1,768,250 | 83,699 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Shakhay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shakhay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shakhay (Russian: Шахай) is held by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shakhay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,665,662nd most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name Shakhay occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Shakhay live; 62 percent live in Eastern Europe and 62 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Russia, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 8,477,827. In Russia Shakhay is most common in: Komi Republic, where 47 percent are found, Murmansk Oblast, where 35 percent are found and Moscow, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Russia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 34 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shakhay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shakhay in the Russian language | ||
| Шахай | sahaj | - |
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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 Shakhay
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