Ben Yaya Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Ben Yaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 41 | 1:942,233 | 41,984 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Ben Yaya (97) may also be a first name.
Ben Yaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ben Yaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ben Yaya is found most in Algeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ben Yaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,909,720th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ben Yaya live; 93 percent live in North Africa and 93 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 962,660th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 97 people.
Ben Yaya is most widespread in Algeria, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 942,233. In Algeria it is mostly found in: El Oued Province, where 10 percent live, Blida Province, where 2 percent live and Ouargla Province, where 2 percent live. Not including Algeria it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 2 percent live and Chad, where 2 percent live.
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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 Ben Yaya
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