Yahyaoui Surname

34,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,380 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Yahyaoui Surname User-submission:

In Arabic language: Yahiaoui: who belongs to the tribe of 'Yahya' or 'Yahya'. YAHYA is the name of the son of the Prophet Zakaria. (In Christianity: YAHYA is the St. John the Baptist son of Zachariah).

Yahyaoui Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco8,6221:3,999416
Algeria3,8631:10,0001,721
France1,1091:59,8948,074
Tunisia6861:89051
Spain4541:102,9788,343
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Belgium1841:62,48210,046
Netherlands511:331,12138,060
Germany351:2,300,156119,987
England311:1,797,35772,927
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Norway101:514,22941,629
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Lebanon81:704,63514,756
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Yahyaoui (579) may also be a first name.

Yahyaoui Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

In Arabic language: Yahiaoui: who belongs to the tribe of 'Yahya' or 'Yahya'. YAHYA is the name of the son of the Prophet Zakaria. (In Christianity: YAHYA is the St. John the Baptist son of Zachariah).

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Yahyaoui Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yahyaoui (Arabic: اليحياوي) occurs in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yahyaoui? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 34,456th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 473,833 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Yahyaoui live; 86 percent live in North Africa and 86 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 348,009th most widespread forename throughout the world It is held by 579 people.

The last name is most widely held in Morocco, where it is carried by 8,622 people, or 1 in 3,999. Without taking into account Morocco this surname occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 25 percent reside and France, where 7 percent reside.

Yahyaoui Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Yahyaoui last name is predominantly Sunni (80%) in Lebanon.

The amount Yahyaoui earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 23.39% less than the national average, earning 265,121 kr per year; in United States they earn 31.17% less than the national average, earning $29,700 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.77% less than the national average, earning $31,416 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Yahyaoui Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yahyaoui in the Arabic language
اليحياويalyhyawy-
يحياويyhyawy-

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