Vahaya Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Vahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Vahaya (22) may also be a first name.
Vahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vahaya (Hindi: वहया, Marathi: वहया) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Vahaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Vahaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Vahaya occurs mostly in Asia, where 69 percent of Vahaya live; 62 percent live in South Asia and 62 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Vahaya is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 22 people.
The last name Vahaya is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Vahaya is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent live. Besides India this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 15 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vahaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vahaya in the Hindi language | ||
| वहया | vahaya | - |
| Vahaya in the Marathi language | ||
| वहया | vahaya | 62.75 |
| वाहया | vahaya | 31.37 |
| वाहाय | vahaya | 3.92 |
| वहाया | vahaya | 1.96 |
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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 Vahaya
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