Yaa Forename
28,004th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 29,840 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana
Yaa Forename User-submission:
A Ghanaian (Akan language) name, meaning 'girl born on a Thursday'.
Yaa Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 100% | 17,305 | 1:1,559 | 289 |
| India | 72% | 3,900 | 1:311,507 | 28,651 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3,428 | 1:6,732 | 761 |
| Kenya | - | 1,326 | 1:34,922 | 2,758 |
| Benin | 93% | 1,300 | 1:8,135 | 1,192 |
| Burkina Faso | 98% | 573 | 1:32,076 | 2,553 |
| United States | 100% | 463 | 1:783,017 | 17,816 |
| England | 97% | 351 | 1:158,413 | 5,093 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Egypt | 84% | 304 | 1:302,306 | 9,724 |
| Nigeria | 83% | 174 | 1:1,020,485 | 25,363 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 83 | 1:3,107,996 | 141,162 |
| Papua New Guinea | 83% | 71 | 1:114,821 | 10,324 |
| Canada | - | 48 | 1:690,279 | 16,028 |
| Malaysia | 81% | 31 | 1:982,256 | 34,885 |
| Belgium | 94% | 28 | 1:410,359 | 7,204 |
| Russia | 60% | 22 | 1:6,556,077 | 28,980 |
| Thailand | 91% | 9 | 1:7,785,090 | 119,233 |
| France | 100% | 7 | 1:9,495,763 | 30,047 |
| Niger | 83% | 6 | 1:3,197,332 | 33,105 |
| Liberia | 100% | 6 | 1:735,344 | 18,173 |
| Germany | 50% | 5 | 1:19,335,575 | 51,270 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5 | 1:10,906,530 | 170,325 |
| Norway | - | 4 | 1:1,283,082 | 16,224 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| China | - | 3 | 1:455,351,927 | 89,064 |
| Brazil | - | 3 | 1:71,412,051 | 442,691 |
| Scotland | - | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3 | 1:3,285,969 | 41,581 |
| Italy | 75% | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Czechia | 50% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Australia | - | 1 | 1:13,657,622 | 55,904 |
Yaa (17,984) may also be a surname.
Yaa Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A Ghanaian (Akan language) name, meaning 'girl born on a Thursday'.
- dr_ama_queenYaa Forename Popularity
Yaa Demographics
Average Yaa Salary in
United States
$42,250 USD
Per year
Rank:
220,686 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000112755
Rank: 19,568 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
97.06%
Sample size: 220 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Yaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaa in the Russian language | ||
| Йаа | jaa | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
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- 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 Yaa