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
The last name Yaaya (Russian: Ыааыа) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 419,303rd most commonly held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 8,801,384 people. The surname Yaaya is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yaaya live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 951,070th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 99 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 719 people, or 1 in 246,374. In Nigeria Yaaya is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 81 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 4 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 10 percent are found and Morocco, where 1 percent are found.
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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