Yahye Surname
Approximately 10,862 people bear this surname
Yahye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 9,166 | 1:1,468 | 147 |
| Kenya | 539 | 1:85,677 | 7,804 |
| Somaliland | 505 | 1:6,931 | 496 |
| Mauritania | 321 | 1:12,757 | 1,231 |
| Pakistan | 165 | 1:1,082,690 | 13,590 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Eritrea | 4 | 1:1,187,975 | 480 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Yahye (36,225) may also be a first name.
Yahye Demographics
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Yahye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yahye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺤﻲ) is found in Somalia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 47,621st most widespread family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 670,921 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yahye live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 24,074th most frequently held given name globally, borne by 36,225 people.
The surname Yahye is most prevalent in Somalia, where it is held by 9,166 people, or 1 in 1,468. Besides Somalia Yahye is found in 24 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 5 percent live and Somaliland, where 5 percent live.
Yahye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Yahye last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.
The amount Yahye earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 31.09% less than the national average, earning $29,735 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.23% less than the national average, earning $37,150 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yahye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yahye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺤﻲ | yhy | 92.51 |
| ﻳﺤﻰ | yhy | 4.28 |
| ﻳﺤﻴﻰ | yhyy | 3.21 |
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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 Yahye
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