Yahi Surname
Approximately 26,219 people bear this surname
Yahi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 21,513 | 1:1,796 | 179 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,616 | 1:14,277 | 1,137 |
| Nigeria | 1,069 | 1:165,709 | 10,343 |
| Morocco | 613 | 1:56,242 | 9,319 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| France | 206 | 1:322,440 | 48,940 |
| Tanzania | 172 | 1:307,800 | 23,568 |
| Indonesia | 160 | 1:826,557 | 62,551 |
| Spain | 78 | 1:599,385 | 28,019 |
| Mauritania | 77 | 1:53,180 | 3,841 |
| Pakistan | 72 | 1:2,481,165 | 21,781 |
| Northern Cyprus | 66 | 1:4,834 | 945 |
| India | 51 | 1:15,040,498 | 247,985 |
| Iran | 50 | 1:1,535,650 | 60,563 |
| Niger | 35 | 1:548,343 | 14,024 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Taiwan | 15 | 1:1,562,983 | 10,375 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Yahi (2,617) may also be a first name.
Yahi Demographics
Average Yahi Salary in
United States
$65,450 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yahi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yahi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻳﺎﻫﻲ, Hindi: यही, Marathi: याही, Oriya: ଯାହି) occurs most in Algeria. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 20,813th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 277,949 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Yahi are found; 84 percent are found in North Africa and 84 percent are found in Mahgreb. Yahi is also the 143,645th most common first name throughout the world, held by 2,617 people.
It is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is borne by 21,513 people, or 1 in 1,796. In Algeria Yahi is primarily concentrated in: Oran Province, where 22 percent are found, Algiers Province, where 14 percent are found and Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 9 percent are found. Not including Algeria this surname occurs in 55 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.
Yahi Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Yahi earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 51.68% more than the national average, earning $65,450 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.16% less than the national average, earning $32,214 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yahi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yahi in the Oriya language | ||
| ଯାହି | yahi | - |
| Yahi in the Marathi language | ||
| याही | yahi | - |
| Yahi in the Hindi language | ||
| यही | yahi | 68.42 |
| याही | yahi | 26.32 |
| यहि | yahi | 5.26 |
| Yahi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻳﺎﻫﻲ | ayahy | 40.48 |
| ﻳﺎﻫﻲ | yahy | 26.19 |
| ﺇﻳﺎﻫﻲ | ayahy | 14.29 |
| ﺍﻳﺎﻩ | ayah | 7.14 |
| ﺍﻳﺎﻫﻰ | ayahy | 4.76 |
| ﻳﺎﻫﻰ | yahy | 2.38 |
| ﺇﻳﺎﻫﻰ | ayahy | 2.38 |
| ﺃﻳﺎﻫﻲ | ayahy | 2.38 |
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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 Yahi
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