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 surname Tehiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺘﻬﻴﻪ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Tehiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tehiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Tehiya reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name worldwide, held by 10 people.
The surname is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania it 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. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also found 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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