Yahoo Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

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

Yahoo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yahoo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United Arab Emirates721:127,25410,508
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
India161:47,941,586492,263
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Yahoo (251) may also be a first name.

Yahoo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yahoo (Arabic: ياهو, Hindi: याहू, Marathi: याहु) is more frequently found in The United Arab Emirates than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yahoo? popularity and diffusion

Yahoo is the 1,596,935th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Yahoo are found; 76 percent are found in West Asia and 60 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Yahoo is also the 562,655th most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 251 people.

Yahoo is most frequently used in The United Arab Emirates, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 127,254. Outside of The United Arab Emirates this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 17 percent are found and India, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jahoo8056/
Yohoo809/
Yahoa805/
Yaouo802/
Yahoua73182/
Yaohuo732/
Yaohou731/
Yaogio731/
Yaouaou6766/
Yaoa6717/
Yoao678/
Yooa675/
Yahoiya671/
Youhouo671/
Jahohho671/
Yohohop671/
Jahauoo671/

Yahoo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yahoo in the Hindi language
याहूyahu-
Yahoo in the Marathi language
याहुyahu56.52
याहूyahu43.48
Yahoo in the Arabic language
ياهوyahw-
الياهوalyahw-

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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 Yahoo
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