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 held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yamay is the 506,165th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 11,246,213 people. The surname Yamay is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Yamay reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 844,248th most frequent given name at a global level. It is borne by 122 people.
The surname Yamay is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 564 people, or 1 in 93,868. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Manyara Region, where 87 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 12 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania Yamay occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 2 percent reside and Thailand, where 2 percent reside.
Yamay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Yamay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Yamay 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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