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Where Does The Last Name Ya Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Ya (Bengali: য়া, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎ, Hindi: या, Oriya: ୟ, Tibetan: ཡཱ་) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Yà, Yá or Yâ. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ya? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 1,068^th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,566 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Ya reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 80 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Ya is also the 2,378^th most frequently used first name globally, held by 429,592 people.

This surname is most widespread in India, where it is held by 401,952 people, or 1 in 1,908. In India it is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 98 percent are found, Gujarat, where 1 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 0 percent are found. Not including India this surname occurs in 129 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found and Myanmar, where 5 percent are found.

Ya Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Orthodox (83%) in Russia, Orthodox (80%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Muslim (96%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (82%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Ya last name are 2.83% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.06% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ya earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 15.69% more than the national average, earning $49,920 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.11% less than the national average, earning $47,144 CAD per year.