Shakhya Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Shakhya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Shakhya (62) may also be a first name.
Shakhya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shakhya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shakhya (Hindi: शाख्य, Marathi: शक्या, Oriya: ସାକ୍ଷ) is found most in India. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shakhya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Shakhya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shakhya live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shakhya is also the 1,246,114th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 62 people.
Shakhya is most frequent in India, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 29,502,515. In India Shakhya is primarily concentrated in: Uttar Pradesh, where 54 percent are found, Bihar, where 12 percent are found and Delhi, where 12 percent are found. Excluding India this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Nepal, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shakhya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shakhya in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାକ୍ଷ | saksa | - |
| Shakhya in the Marathi language | ||
| शक्या | sakya | - |
| Shakhya in the Hindi language | ||
| शाख्य | sakhya | 46.15 |
| शाख्या | sakhya | 38.46 |
| शाक्य | sakya | 7.69 |
| शख्या | sakhya | 7.69 |
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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 Shakhya
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