Yahai Surname
Approximately 2,740 people bear this surname
Yahai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,672 | 1:66,296 | 4,848 |
| Niger | 55 | 1:348,946 | 10,096 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yahai (14,942) may also be a first name.
Yahai Demographics
Yahai Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Yahai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yahai occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yahai is the 159,263rd most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,659,688 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yahai reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 46,509th most prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 14,942 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,672 people, or 1 in 66,296. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Yobe, where 57 percent live, Bauchi, where 21 percent live and Jigawa, where 19 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent live and Pakistan, where 0 percent live.
Yahai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Muslim (99%) in Nigeria.
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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 Yahai
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