Yahiya Surname
Approximately 12,012 people bear this surname
Yahiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,059 | 1:31,888 | 3,759 |
| Sudan | 2,520 | 1:14,885 | 2,042 |
| India | 1,869 | 1:410,415 | 21,612 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| Philippines | 616 | 1:164,348 | 26,961 |
| Niger | 583 | 1:32,919 | 1,814 |
| Egypt | 549 | 1:167,460 | 12,562 |
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| Saudi Arabia | 477 | 1:64,687 | 9,689 |
| Mali | 323 | 1:52,536 | 1,331 |
| Pakistan | 223 | 1:801,094 | 11,375 |
| United Arab Emirates | 177 | 1:51,764 | 5,108 |
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| Qatar | 59 | 1:39,966 | 4,109 |
| Burkina Faso | 57 | 1:321,967 | 5,544 |
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Bulgaria | 45 | 1:155,087 | 8,846 |
| Belgium | 34 | 1:338,137 | 37,845 |
| Malaysia | 33 | 1:893,764 | 40,799 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Yahiya (12,777) may also be a first name.
Yahiya Demographics
Average Yahiya Salary in
United States
$43,175 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yahiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yahiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺤﻴﻰ, Hindi: याहिया, Marathi: याहीया, Oriya: ୟାହିୟା) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yahiya is the 43,331st most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 606,689 people. Yahiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Yahiya reside; 27 percent reside in South Asia and 26 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 51,891st most frequent first name worldwide, held by 12,777 people.
The last name Yahiya is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 3,059 people, or 1 in 31,888. Apart from Ethiopia this last name occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 21 percent reside and India, where 16 percent reside.
Yahiya Last Name Statistics demography
Yahiya earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.06% more than the national average, earning $43,175 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yahiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yahiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ୟାହିୟା | yahiya | 77.78 |
| ୟହିୟା | yahiya | 22.22 |
| Yahiya in the Marathi language | ||
| याहीया | yahiya | 57.62 |
| यािहया | yaihaya | 27.44 |
| यहीया | yahiya | 11.89 |
| मयाहीया | mayahiya | 0.91 |
| सैयद | saiyada | 0.61 |
| याहीय | yahiya | 0.3 |
| सयहीया | sayahiya | 0.3 |
| याहीदा | yahida | 0.3 |
| याहीआ | yahi'a | 0.3 |
| Yahiya in the Hindi language | ||
| याहिया | yahiya | 51.79 |
| यहिया | yahiya | 40.65 |
| याहीया | yahiya | 3.66 |
| यहीया | yahiya | 3.19 |
| याहिय | yahiya | 0.16 |
| एहिया | ehiya | 0.16 |
| यहियां | yahiyam | 0.08 |
| याहियां | yahiyam | 0.08 |
| यहिय | yahiya | 0.08 |
| ़याहीया | yahiya | 0.08 |
| ़याहिया | yahiya | 0.08 |
| Yahiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺤﻴﻰ | yhyy | 50 |
| ﻳﺤﻲ | yhy | 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
- 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 Yahiya
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