Yahya Surname
Approximately 560,576 people bear this surname
Yahya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 173,937 | 1:152 | 14 |
| Indonesia | 50,503 | 1:2,619 | 311 |
| Sudan | 46,760 | 1:802 | 98 |
| Egypt | 45,822 | 1:2,006 | 281 |
| Nigeria | 40,804 | 1:4,341 | 582 |
| Iraq | 28,442 | 1:1,231 | 177 |
| Syria | 22,364 | 1:863 | 107 |
| Pakistan | 18,408 | 1:9,705 | 732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 17,212 | 1:1,793 | 194 |
| Tanzania | 17,120 | 1:3,092 | 429 |
| Jordan | 16,033 | 1:552 | 61 |
| Malaysia | 9,782 | 1:3,015 | 445 |
| Morocco | 7,498 | 1:4,598 | 521 |
| Lebanon | 7,319 | 1:770 | 144 |
| Iran | 7,196 | 1:10,670 | 1,421 |
| Ethiopia | 6,278 | 1:15,538 | 2,141 |
| Afghanistan | 4,660 | 1:6,900 | 576 |
| Mauritania | 4,180 | 1:980 | 133 |
| Israel | 4,148 | 1:2,063 | 225 |
| Kenya | 4,031 | 1:11,456 | 1,443 |
| Palestine | 3,942 | 1:1,154 | 192 |
| Libya | 3,406 | 1:1,833 | 558 |
| Chad | 2,503 | 1:5,430 | 817 |
| Ghana | 1,870 | 1:14,450 | 1,872 |
| Bangladesh | 1,802 | 1:88,433 | 3,976 |
| Brunei | 1,404 | 1:298 | 50 |
| Somalia | 1,372 | 1:9,805 | 694 |
| Philippines | 1,111 | 1:91,124 | 15,873 |
| Niger | 1,022 | 1:18,779 | 1,196 |
| United States | 949 | 1:381,938 | 33,710 |
| United Arab Emirates | 926 | 1:9,894 | 1,245 |
| Bahrain | 749 | 1:1,801 | 270 |
| India | 644 | 1:1,191,095 | 47,921 |
| Djibouti | 624 | 1:1,466 | 156 |
| Cameroon | 612 | 1:33,936 | 4,569 |
| Algeria | 603 | 1:64,066 | 10,580 |
| Kuwait | 511 | 1:7,438 | 1,040 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| England | 362 | 1:153,917 | 14,625 |
| Turkey | 350 | 1:222,347 | 15,887 |
| Bulgaria | 336 | 1:20,771 | 1,828 |
| Oman | 276 | 1:13,362 | 1,512 |
| Tunisia | 255 | 1:2,395 | 294 |
| Maldives | 246 | 1:1,643 | 169 |
| Spain | 219 | 1:213,480 | 14,387 |
| Thailand | 199 | 1:354,967 | 62,146 |
| Qatar | 168 | 1:14,036 | 1,554 |
| Canada | 151 | 1:244,011 | 23,241 |
| Sweden | 126 | 1:78,149 | 5,835 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| France | 84 | 1:790,747 | 95,785 |
| Australia | 71 | 1:380,221 | 31,281 |
| Germany | 63 | 1:1,277,864 | 81,414 |
| Belgium | 59 | 1:194,858 | 25,672 |
| Guyana | 51 | 1:14,946 | 2,019 |
| Northern Cyprus | 46 | 1:6,935 | 1,574 |
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
| Brazil | 43 | 1:4,978,473 | 128,213 |
| Denmark | 37 | 1:152,560 | 13,318 |
| Netherlands | 33 | 1:511,733 | 48,115 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Norway | 19 | 1:270,647 | 28,127 |
| Senegal | 19 | 1:767,334 | 2,735 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Azerbaijan | 11 | 1:877,193 | 13,780 |
| Peru | 11 | 1:2,889,466 | 28,985 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Eritrea | 9 | 1:527,989 | 318 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Yahya (722,511) may also be a first name.
Yahya Demographics
Yahya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Yahya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yahya (Arabic: يحـي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺤﻲ, Hindi: यहया, Marathi: याहया) is borne by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yahya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 950th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 13,000 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 66 percent of Yahya live; 49 percent live in West Asia and 35 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Yahya is also the 1,325th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 722,511 people.
This last name is most widespread in Yemen, where it is borne by 173,937 people, or 1 in 152. In Yemen it is mostly found in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 31 percent reside, Ibb Governorate, where 13 percent reside and Taiz Governorate, where 12 percent reside. Beside Yemen this last name occurs in 129 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent reside and Sudan, where 8 percent reside.
Yahya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Yahya last name is chiefly Muslim (79%) in Kenya, Shiite (36%) in Lebanon and Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Yahya surname are 12.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 65.26% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Yahya earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.1% less than the national average, earning 245,374 kr per year; in Peru they earn 6.07% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,209 per year; in South Africa they earn 69.9% less than the national average, earning R 71,532 per year; in United States they earn 3.95% less than the national average, earning $41,446 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.89% more than the national average, earning $60,062 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yahya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yahya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺤﻲ | yhy | 85.13 |
| ﻳﺤﻴﻰ | yhyy | 11.06 |
| ﻳﺤﻰ | yhy | 2.67 |
| ﻳﺤﻴﻲ | yhyy | 0.46 |
| ﻳﺤﻴﺎ | yhya | 0.27 |
| ﻳﺎﻳﺎ | yaya | 0.1 |
| ﺗﺤﻴﻪ | thyh | 0.07 |
| ﻳﺤﻴﻪ | yhyh | 0.05 |
| Yahya in the Marathi language | ||
| याहया | yahaya | 84.53 |
| यहया | yahaya | 11.15 |
| याया | yaya | 0.72 |
| याहा | yaha | 0.36 |
| यया | yaya | 0.36 |
| याध्या | yadhya | 0.36 |
| Yahya in the Hindi language | ||
| यहया | yahaya | 48.54 |
| याहया | yahaya | 46.6 |
| याह्या | yahya | 3.88 |
| यह्या | yahya | 0.97 |
| Yahya in the Arabic language | ||
| يحـي | yhy | - |
| اليحيى | alyhyy | - |
| يحيـى | yhyy | - |
| يحى | yhy | - |
| يحيى | yhyy | - |
| يحي | yhy | - |
| يحيا | yhya | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yahya
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