Yahay Surname
Approximately 7,770 people bear this surname
Yahay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6,236 | 1:28,406 | 2,410 |
| Niger | 1,148 | 1:16,718 | 1,105 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| India | 62 | 1:12,372,022 | 220,417 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Yahay (3,055) may also be a first name.
Yahay Demographics
Average Yahay Salary in
United States
$50,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yahay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yahay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺤﻲ, Hindi: यहाय, Marathi: याहय) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yahay is the 64,372nd most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 937,908 people. The last name Yahay occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yahay reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yahay is also the 130,610th most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 3,055 people.
Yahay is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6,236 people, or 1 in 28,406. In Nigeria Yahay is mostly concentrated in: Katsina, where 52 percent are found, Kaduna, where 9 percent are found and Imo, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Yahay occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 15 percent are found and Egypt, where 3 percent are found.
Yahay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Muslim (61%) in Nigeria.
Yahay earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yahay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yahay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺤﻲ | yhy | 90.91 |
| ﻳﺤﻴﻲ | yhyy | 9.09 |
| Yahay in the Hindi language | ||
| यहाय | yahaya | 66.67 |
| यहय | yahaya | 33.33 |
| Yahay in the Marathi language | ||
| याहय | yahaya | 50 |
| यहय | yahaya | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Yahay
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