Yaheya Surname
Approximately 2,661 people bear this surname
Yaheya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| Pakistan | 41 | 1:4,357,168 | 30,068 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Yaheya (1,977) may also be a first name.
Yaheya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaheya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yaheya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺤﻲ, Hindi: याहेया, Marathi: याहेया) occurs most in Ethiopia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaheya? popularity and diffusion
Yaheya is the 163,271st most commonly used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 2,738,649 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Yaheya live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 170,190th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 1,977 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 2,093 people, or 1 in 46,606. Besides Ethiopia this surname is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 16 percent reside and Pakistan, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yaheya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaheya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺤﻲ | yhy | - |
| Yaheya in the Marathi language | ||
| याहेया | yaheya | - |
| Yaheya in the Hindi language | ||
| याहेया | yaheya | 66.67 |
| यहेया | yaheya | 33.33 |
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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 Yaheya
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