Yakiya Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Yakiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 50 | 1:383,840 | 10,800 |
| Burkina Faso | 42 | 1:436,955 | 6,467 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Yakiya (259) may also be a first name.
Yakiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yakiya (Hindi: याकिया, Marathi: याकीय, Russian: Якия) occurs most in Niger. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,453,389th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Yakiya are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 39 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Yakiya is also the 553,262nd most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 259 people.
The last name Yakiya is most commonly used in Niger, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 383,840. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tillabéri Region, where 100 percent reside. Besides Niger Yakiya occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 29 percent reside and India, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakiya in the Marathi language | ||
| याकीय | yakiya | - |
| Yakiya in the Hindi language | ||
| याकिया | yakiya | 80 |
| यकिया | yakiya | 20 |
| Yakiya in the Russian language | ||
| Якия | akia | - |
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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 Yakiya
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