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

The last name Yahaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺤﻲ, Hindi: याहया, Marathi: याहया, Oriya: ୟାହୟା) is found most in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yahaya click here.

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

It is the 618^th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 8,331 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yahaya are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yahaya is also the 1,650^th most commonly occurring forename globally It is held by 600,775 people.

Yahaya is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 680,952 people, or 1 in 260. In Nigeria Yahaya is mostly found in: Kano, where 17 percent are found, Kaduna, where 10 percent are found and Jigawa, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 79 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 12 percent are found and Tanzania, where 4 percent are found.

Yahaya Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (60%) in Kenya and Muslim (93%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Yahaya surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Yahaya earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 21.65% more than the national average, earning R 289,092 per year and in United States they earn 31.88% less than the national average, earning $29,394 USD per year.