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) is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yaala is the 467,272nd most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 10,121,592 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Yaala live; 73 percent live in North Africa and 73 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,100,117th most widespread given name on earth It is held by 77 people.
This last name is most common in Morocco, where it is borne by 511 people, or 1 in 67,468. Barring Morocco this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 14 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
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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