Vihiya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Vihiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Vihiya (46) may also be a first name.
Vihiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vihiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vihiya (Hindi: विहिया, Marathi: िविहया) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vihiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Vihiya are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Vihiya is also the 1,484,914th most prevalent first name globally, held by 46 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Vihiya is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vihiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vihiya in the Hindi language | ||
| विहिया | vihiya | 57.14 |
| विहीया | vihiya | 14.29 |
| वीहीया | vihiya | 14.29 |
| वीहिया | vihiya | 14.29 |
| Vihiya in the Marathi language | ||
| िविहया | ivihaya | 50 |
| िवहीया | ivahiya | 50 |
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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 Vihiya
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