Yanai Surname
Approximately 27,840 people bear this surname
Yanai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 26,713 | 1:4,786 | 767 |
| Brazil | 250 | 1:856,297 | 30,890 |
| United States | 228 | 1:1,589,732 | 106,920 |
| Thailand | 157 | 1:449,926 | 79,063 |
| Papua New Guinea | 142 | 1:57,421 | 7,328 |
| New Caledonia | 83 | 1:3,328 | 498 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Indonesia | 43 | 1:3,075,563 | 171,061 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Yanaï (6) are calculated separately.
Yanai (7,087) may also be a first name.
Yanai Demographics
Average Yanai Salary in
United States
$51,473 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yanai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yanai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yanai (Arabic: ليناي, Russian: Янаи) occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Yanaï. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 19,703rd most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 261,765 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Yanai are found; 96 percent are found in East Asia and 96 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Yanai is also the 76,947th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 7,087 people.
The last name Yanai is most numerous in Japan, where it is held by 26,713 people, or 1 in 4,786. In Japan it is mostly found in: Fukushima Prefecture, where 14 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent are found and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 7 percent are found. Besides Japan this surname occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Yanai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Yanai surname are 23.85% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 77.08% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Yanai earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 19.29% more than the national average, earning $51,473 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.83% less than the national average, earning $43,310 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yanai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yanai in the Russian language | ||
| Янаи | anai | - |
| Yanai in the Arabic language | ||
| ليناي | lynay | - |
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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 Yanai
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