Al-Yahya Surname
Approximately 5,130 people bear this surname
Al-Yahya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 3,816 | 1:8,086 | 1,133 |
| Oman | 1,188 | 1:3,104 | 459 |
| Kuwait | 87 | 1:43,686 | 5,304 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Al-Yahya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al-Yahya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al-Yahya is held by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Al-Yahya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Al-Yahya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 93,083rd most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,420,574 people. Al-Yahya is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al-Yahya live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
Al-Yahya is most commonly used in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 3,816 people, or 1 in 8,086. Other than Saudi Arabia Al-Yahya exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Oman, where 23 percent reside and Kuwait, where 2 percent reside.
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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
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