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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 found most in India. It may occur as a variant: Yà, Yá or Yâ. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 1,068^th most prevalent surname globally, held by around 1 in 14,566 people. 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. It is also the 2,378^th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 429,592 people.

Ya is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 401,952 people, or 1 in 1,908. In India it is most common in: Tamil Nadu, where 98 percent are found, Gujarat, where 1 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 0 percent are found. Apart from India this last name is found 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 adherence of those bearing the Ya last name is primarily 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 bearing the Ya surname are 2.83% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.06% registered to vote for 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.