El Yahya Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Denmark

El Yahya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Yahya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

El Yahya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Yahya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name El Yahya is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name El Yahya? popularity and diffusion

El Yahya is the 5,812,366th most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of El Yahya live; 73 percent live in North Africa and 36 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

El Yahya is most common in Egypt, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Other than Egypt it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 36 percent live and Denmark, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Yahaya9486/
El Yaya932/
El-Yahya881/
El Yayd804/
El Yaydh75244/
El Jayah751/
El Jahjah711/
El Jayh67153/
El Yaou67110/
El Juhy672/
El Jaya671/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 El Yahya
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