Yaahya Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Yaahya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Yaahya (13) may also be a first name.
Yaahya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaahya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yaahya is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yaahya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaahya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yaahya is the 5,213,395th most frequent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Yaahya live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yaahya is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Yaahya is most prevalent in: Sokoto, where 71 percent reside, Borno, where 14 percent reside and Kwara, where 14 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Yaahya occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 43 percent reside and Malaysia, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Yaahya
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