Yahir Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Yahir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yahir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia191:6,960,484292,931
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Pakistan91:19,849,32172,658
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
India51:153,413,076951,030
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Yahir (2,964) may also be a first name.

Yahir Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yahir Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Yahir (Hindi: याहिर, Marathi: अयहीर, Oriya: ଯାହିର) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yahir click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yahir? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,460,878th most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. Yahir occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Yahir live; 52 percent live in Southeast Asia and 43 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Yahir is also the 133,113th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 2,964 people.

This last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 6,960,484. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Central Java, where 58 percent reside, Gorontalo, where 32 percent reside and South Sumatra, where 11 percent reside. Not including Indonesia Yahir is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 18 percent reside and Pakistan, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yair89321/
Jahir8021,492/
Yaher80167/
Yaire8062/
Yayir8058/
Yaisr803/
Eahir803/
Yeair800/
Jahier731,621/
Jhahir7378/
Yayire7324/
Jaahir7310/
Ayyair734/
Yayier732/
Jauhir731/
Yahger731/
Jihahir6720/
Yaer6718/
Iair6712/
Eair678/
Yairova677/
Jahaire673/
Jauhair673/
Jahhhir672/
Jahahir671/
Yoir671/
Jahhgir671/

Yahir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yahir in the Oriya language
ଯାହିରyahira-
Yahir in the Marathi language
अयहीरayahira-
Yahir in the Hindi language
याहिरyahira75
यहीरyahira25

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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 Yahir
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