Yaaya Surname
Approximately 828 people bear this surname
Yaaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 719 | 1:246,374 | 14,264 |
| Uganda | 80 | 1:487,991 | 28,240 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yaaya (99) may also be a first name.
Yaaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yaaya (Russian: Ыааыа) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yaaya is the 419,303rd most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,801,384 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yaaya reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yaaya is also the 951,070th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 99 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 719 people, or 1 in 246,374. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 81 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 4 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 10 percent reside and Morocco, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yaaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaaya in the Russian language | ||
| Ыааыа | yaaya | - |
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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 Yaaya
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