Y Surname
Approximately 39,814 people bear this surname
Y Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 25,348 | 1:5,217 | 666 |
| Vietnam | 9,776 | 1:9,477 | 267 |
| Yemen | 1,684 | 1:15,692 | 1,767 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,194 | 1:7,674 | 965 |
| Bangladesh | 901 | 1:176,867 | 6,245 |
| Taiwan | 291 | 1:80,566 | 818 |
| Iraq | 183 | 1:191,375 | 4,515 |
| Oman | 164 | 1:22,488 | 1,999 |
| Iran | 117 | 1:656,261 | 35,321 |
| China | 65 | 1:21,035,716 | 1,165 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| Syria | 23 | 1:839,175 | 6,287 |
| Tunisia | 18 | 1:33,924 | 4,997 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Y (157,494) may also be a first name.
Y Demographics
Average Y Salary in
Canada
$41,031 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Y Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Y Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Y (Hindi: ज़य, Russian: Ыъ) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Y? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 13,998th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 183,040 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Y live; 87 percent live in Southeast Asia and 63 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 6,668th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 157,494 people.
Y is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 25,348 people, or 1 in 5,217. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Java, where 33 percent live, East Java, where 13 percent live and Jakarta, where 7 percent live. Apart from Indonesia this surname is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Vietnam, where 25 percent live and Yemen, where 4 percent live.
Y Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Y earn in different countries varies notably. In Vietnam they earn 34.53% less than the national average, earning 53,972,000 ₫ per year and in Canada they earn 17.41% less than the national average, earning $41,031 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Y Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Y in the Hindi language | ||
| ज़य | zaya | 49.55 |
| वाई | va'i | 47.15 |
| वाइ | va'i | 2.3 |
| Y in the Russian language | ||
| Ыъ | y | - |
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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 Y
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