View the most religious surnames in Russia

Where Does The Last Name Yadav Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Yadav (Arabic: يادو, Bengali: যাদব, Hindi: यादव, Marathi: यादव, Oriya: ୟାଦବ, Russian: Ядав, Tibetan: ཡ་དབ་) is most common in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Ýádáv. For other possible spellings of Yadav click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yadav? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 75^th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 938 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Yadav reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Yadav is also the 13,885^th most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 69,921 people.

It is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 6,993,402 people, or 1 in 110. In India Yadav is most common in: Bihar, where 53 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 16 percent live and Jharkhand, where 10 percent live. Apart from India it is found in 132 countries. It also occurs in Nepal, where 10 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent live.

Yadav Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (50%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Yadav surname are 10.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.91% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Yadav earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 21.11% more than the national average, earning $52,258 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.21% more than the national average, earning $59,227 CAD per year.