Yamay Surname
Approximately 648 people bear this surname
Yamay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 564 | 1:93,868 | 9,360 |
| Turkey | 16 | 1:4,863,839 | 107,230 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Yamay (122) may also be a first name.
Yamay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yamay (Russian: Ямай) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yamay is the 506,165th most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 11,246,213 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Yamay are found; 87 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 844,248th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 122 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 564 people, or 1 in 93,868. In Tanzania it is most common in: Manyara Region, where 87 percent live, Arusha Region, where 12 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Tanzania Yamay is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 2 percent live and Thailand, where 2 percent live.
Yamay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Yamay has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yamay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yamay in the Russian language | ||
| Ямай | amaj | - |
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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 Yamay
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