Yaala Surname
Approximately 720 people bear this surname
Yaala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| Spain | 98 | 1:477,062 | 24,404 |
| India | 53 | 1:14,472,932 | 242,024 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yaala (77) may also be a first name.
Yaala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yaala (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻌﻞ) occurs most in Morocco. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 467,272nd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 10,121,592 people. Yaala occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Yaala reside; 73 percent reside in North Africa and 73 percent reside in Mahgreb. Yaala is also the 1,100,117th most widely held given name worldwide, held by 77 people.
The surname Yaala is most numerous in Morocco, where it is carried by 511 people, or 1 in 67,468. Outside of Morocco Yaala occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 14 percent reside and India, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yaala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻌﻞ | yl | 83.33 |
| ﻳﻌﻠﻰ | yly | 16.67 |
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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 Yaala
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