Tehiya Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Tehiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Tehiya (10) may also be a first name.
Tehiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tehiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tehiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺘﻬﻴﻪ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tehiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Tehiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Tehiya live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania Tehiya is most prevalent in: Tiris Zemmour Region, where 50 percent live, Adrar Region, where 38 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent live. Apart from Mauritania Tehiya exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tehiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tehiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺘﻬﻴﻪ | althyh | 75 |
| ﺗﻴﻬﻲ | tyhy | 25 |
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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 Tehiya
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