Yahyah Surname
Approximately 2,614 people bear this surname
Yahyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,098 | 1:84,434 | 5,945 |
| Pakistan | 288 | 1:620,291 | 9,765 |
| Indonesia | 82 | 1:1,612,795 | 106,468 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Liberia | 26 | 1:169,559 | 11,793 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Yahyah (1,971) may also be a first name.
Yahyah Demographics
Average Yahyah Salary in
United States
$64,167 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yahyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yahyah (Hindi: याहयाह, Marathi: यााह) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahyah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 165,668th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,787,891 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Yahyah reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yahyah is also the 170,539th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 1,971 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,098 people, or 1 in 84,434. In Nigeria Yahyah is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 18 percent live, Oyo, where 11 percent live and Kwara, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Yahyah is found in 26 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 11 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Yahyah Last Name Statistics demography
Yahyah earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 48.71% more than the national average, earning $64,167 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yahyah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yahyah in the Marathi language | ||
| यााह | yaaha | - |
| Yahyah in the Hindi language | ||
| याहयाह | yahayaha | 80 |
| यहयाह | yahayaha | 20 |
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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 Yahyah
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