Yaya Forename
2,354th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 434,050 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mali
Highest density in:
Gambia
Yaya Forename Definition:
Yaya is a given name of the Lunda tribe, meaning: elder brother.
Yaya Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 99% | 82,400 | 1:206 | 39 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 56,511 | 1:408 | 48 |
| Indonesia | 61% | 47,709 | 1:5,407 | 667 |
| Cameroon | 98% | 41,923 | 1:515 | 83 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 35,554 | 1:517 | 89 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 31,399 | 1:5,655 | 882 |
| Senegal | 96% | 23,468 | 1:621 | 109 |
| Guinea | 100% | 20,397 | 1:581 | 91 |
| Chad | 98% | 19,216 | 1:708 | 81 |
| Ethiopia | 87% | 15,720 | 1:6,206 | 990 |
| Gambia | - | 9,996 | 1:193 | 42 |
| Benin | 100% | 9,034 | 1:1,171 | 274 |
| India | 82% | 8,068 | 1:150,580 | 16,696 |
| Togo | - | 7,912 | 1:915 | 116 |
| DR Congo | 76% | 6,923 | 1:10,664 | 1,056 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,776 | 1:13,619 | 1,511 |
| Mauritania | 73% | 2,459 | 1:1,665 | 193 |
| Egypt | 77% | 1,453 | 1:63,249 | 3,345 |
| Morocco | - | 1,228 | 1:27,971 | 1,510 |
| Ghana | 83% | 1,180 | 1:22,870 | 1,643 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,049 | 1:29,373 | 3,696 |
| Niger | 77% | 1,042 | 1:18,411 | 1,389 |
| France | 99% | 985 | 1:67,483 | 1,800 |
| Thailand | 62% | 775 | 1:90,408 | 7,915 |
| Gabon | 100% | 641 | 1:2,938 | 671 |
| United States | 73% | 608 | 1:596,278 | 14,792 |
| Spain | 100% | 459 | 1:101,372 | 2,902 |
| Liberia | 96% | 419 | 1:10,530 | 944 |
| Algeria | - | 263 | 1:145,159 | 2,783 |
| China | - | 210 | 1:6,505,028 | 59,300 |
| Pakistan | 80% | 202 | 1:962,167 | 17,257 |
| Tanzania | 91% | 199 | 1:265,268 | 9,792 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55% | 192 | 1:42,460 | 4,142 |
| Russia | 65% | 175 | 1:824,193 | 7,584 |
| Taiwan | 95% | 141 | 1:168,579 | 16,153 |
| Malaysia | 65% | 140 | 1:217,500 | 12,289 |
| England | 66% | 112 | 1:496,455 | 10,570 |
| South Africa | 59% | 93 | 1:586,373 | 26,659 |
| Netherlands | 91% | 90 | 1:187,801 | 7,286 |
| Canada | 100% | 77 | 1:430,304 | 11,965 |
| Mexico | 100% | 69 | 1:1,799,195 | 11,194 |
| Belgium | 100% | 60 | 1:191,501 | 4,817 |
| Philippines | 67% | 58 | 1:1,827,750 | 41,703 |
| Uganda | 61% | 52 | 1:787,633 | 15,086 |
| Zimbabwe | 55% | 50 | 1:308,476 | 16,320 |
| Italy | 95% | 43 | 1:1,420,049 | 11,126 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Brazil | 100% | 32 | 1:6,694,880 | 94,981 |
| Kenya | - | 29 | 1:1,596,797 | 19,962 |
| Sweden | 92% | 27 | 1:365,108 | 10,445 |
| Germany | 64% | 25 | 1:3,867,115 | 17,280 |
| Tunisia | - | 22 | 1:30,768 | 1,943 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Singapore | - | 17 | 1:369,827 | 10,107 |
| Belarus | 50% | 16 | 1:592,649 | 3,645 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Kazakhstan | 60% | 13 | 1:1,365,142 | 12,672 |
| Japan | - | 11 | 1:11,635,096 | 36,893 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 11 | 1:2,745,627 | 44,124 |
| Israel | 100% | 9 | 1:933,658 | 13,501 |
| Australia | - | 8 | 1:1,707,203 | 16,445 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| Norway | 100% | 7 | 1:733,190 | 11,461 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Argentina | 50% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Syria | - | 5 | 1:3,861,215 | 5,356 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Chile | - | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Guatemala | - | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Peru | 75% | 4 | 1:7,947,864 | 48,688 |
| Scotland | - | 4 | 1:1,337,592 | 11,885 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Denmark | - | 3 | 1:1,883,166 | 17,701 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 3 | 1:63,999 | 3,481 |
| Switzerland | 57% | 3 | 1:2,737,832 | 21,065 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Czechia | 68% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hungary | 50% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | 100% | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Yayã (3) are calculated separately.
Yaya (213,287) may also be a surname.
Yaya Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Yaya is a given name of the Lunda tribe, meaning: elder brother.
— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
Yaya Forename Popularity
Yaya Demographics
Average Yaya Salary in
United States
$33,944 USD
Per year
Rank:
339,329 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
8.81186E-5
Rank: 23,098 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
77.98%
Sample size: 214 (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
Yaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaya in the Russian language | ||
| Яя | aa | - |
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