Ghulam Yahya Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Ghulam Yahya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ghulam 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
Afghanistan1881:171,0283,445
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Ghulam Yahya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ghulam Yahya is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

Ghulam Yahya is the 1,222,957th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 38,154,691 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Ghulam Yahya reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

Ghulam Yahya is most commonly held in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 188 people, or 1 in 171,028. In Afghanistan it is most frequent in: Herat, where 32 percent reside, Kabul, where 22 percent reside and Balkh, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Afghanistan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

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
Ghulam Yahia921/
Gholamyahya877/
Gulamahi701/

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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 Ghulam Yahya
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