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

The last name Ya (Bengali: য়া, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎ, Hindi: या, Oriya: ୟ, Tibetan: ཡཱ་) is most common in India. It can appear as: Yà, Yá or Yâ. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name is the 1,068^th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 14,566 people. The surname Ya is mostly found 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 widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 429,592 people.

The last name Ya is most widely held in India, where it is held by 401,952 people, or 1 in 1,908. In India Ya is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 98 percent live, Gujarat, where 1 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 0 percent live. Not including India this surname occurs in 129 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent live and Myanmar, where 5 percent live.

Ya Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly 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 surname are 2.83% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.06% being registered with the 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.