Yakhi Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Yakhi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 101 | 1:318,348 | 4,949 |
| Iran | 31 | 1:2,476,856 | 81,358 |
| Pakistan | 27 | 1:6,616,440 | 38,275 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Yakhi (155) may also be a first name.
Yakhi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakhi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yakhi (Hindi: यखी) is more commonly found in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakhi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,144,405th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. The surname Yakhi is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Yakhi are found; 79 percent are found in South Asia and 76 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Yakhi is also the 738,219th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 155 people.
This surname is most common in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 318,348. In Afghanistan it is most prevalent in: Herat, where 29 percent are found, Kabul, where 27 percent are found and Parwan, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Afghanistan this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 15 percent are found and Pakistan, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakhi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakhi in the Hindi language | ||
| यखी | yakhi | - |
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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 Yakhi
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