Yahyya Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Yahyya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Yahyya (117) may also be a first name.
Yahyya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahyya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yahyya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yahyya.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahyya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yahyya is the 2,909,720th most common surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Yahyya are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yahyya is also the 864,112th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 117 people.
Yahyya is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria Yahyya is primarily found in: Sokoto, where 48 percent live, Zamfara, where 48 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 24 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Yahyya
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