Yahy Surname
Approximately 456 people bear this surname
Yahy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Iran | 141 | 1:544,557 | 31,350 |
| Malaysia | 46 | 1:641,179 | 30,740 |
| Mauritania | 26 | 1:157,495 | 8,595 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Yahy (2,240) may also be a first name.
Yahy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yahy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻫﻲ) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahy? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yahy is the 659,458th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 15,981,460 people. The surname Yahy is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Yahy live; 47 percent live in North Africa and 47 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 157,878th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 2,240 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is carried by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Aside from Egypt this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 31 percent live and Malaysia, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yahy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yahy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﻫﻲ | yahy | 21.43 |
| ﺍﻳﺎﻫﻲ | ayahy | 21.43 |
| ﻳﺤﻲ | yhy | 21.43 |
| ﻳﺤﻰ | yhy | 14.29 |
| ﺃﻳﺎﻫﻲ | ayahy | 7.14 |
| ﺍﻳﺎﻫﻰ | ayahy | 7.14 |
| ﺍﻳﺎﻩ | ayah | 7.14 |
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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 Yahy
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