Yani Surname
Approximately 165,526 people bear this surname
Yani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 151,400 | 1:874 | 64 |
| India | 5,392 | 1:142,260 | 9,062 |
| Benin | 1,677 | 1:6,163 | 837 |
| Malaysia | 1,276 | 1:23,115 | 2,104 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,074 | 1:7,592 | 554 |
| DR Congo | 787 | 1:93,875 | 10,644 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| Nigeria | 567 | 1:312,421 | 17,312 |
| South Africa | 371 | 1:146,032 | 16,656 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Turkey | 219 | 1:355,349 | 22,304 |
| Tanzania | 162 | 1:326,800 | 24,625 |
| United States | 159 | 1:2,279,616 | 142,122 |
| Argentina | 144 | 1:296,829 | 23,706 |
| Russia | 122 | 1:1,181,337 | 86,893 |
| Cameroon | 94 | 1:220,948 | 22,265 |
| Guatemala | 86 | 1:187,008 | 3,723 |
| Taiwan | 84 | 1:279,104 | 2,295 |
| United Arab Emirates | 69 | 1:132,787 | 10,955 |
| Qatar | 62 | 1:38,032 | 3,887 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Japan | 51 | 1:2,506,751 | 30,743 |
| Uganda | 49 | 1:796,720 | 37,939 |
| Niger | 43 | 1:446,326 | 12,119 |
| Paraguay | 41 | 1:176,506 | 3,439 |
| Spain | 41 | 1:1,140,294 | 40,056 |
| Cambodia | 37 | 1:418,572 | 3,946 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Pakistan | 31 | 1:5,762,706 | 35,301 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Ivory Coast | 25 | 1:922,849 | 23,346 |
| Iran | 24 | 1:3,199,272 | 94,565 |
| Afghanistan | 23 | 1:1,397,964 | 11,714 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Bolivia | 9 | 1:1,179,604 | 5,290 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
The alternate forms: Yañi (17) & Yaní (1) are calculated separately.
Yani (219,110) may also be a first name.
Yani Demographics
Average Yani Salary in
United States
$40,517 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yani (Arabic: ياني, Bengali: য়ানী, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻥ, Hindi: यानी, Marathi: यानी, Oriya: ଯାନୀ, Russian: Яни, Tibetan: ཡ་ནི་) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Yañi or Yaní. Click here for further potential spellings of Yani.
How Common Is The Last Name Yani? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,383rd most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 44,027 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Yani are found; 92 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 92 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 4,775th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 219,110 people.
Yani is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 151,400 people, or 1 in 874. In Indonesia Yani is primarily concentrated in: West Java, where 18 percent are found, East Java, where 9 percent are found and South Sumatra, where 7 percent are found. Not including Indonesia this last name exists in 85 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
Yani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Yani last name are 8.93% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.16% being registered with the party.
The amount Yani earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 32.08% less than the national average, earning R 161,412 per year; in Colombia they earn 285.36% more than the national average, earning $87,486,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 6.1% less than the national average, earning $40,517 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﻥ | yan | - |
| Yani in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡ་ནི་ | yani | 90.91 |
| ཡཱ་ནི་ | yani | 9.09 |
| Yani in the Oriya language | ||
| ଯାନୀ | yani | 82.58 |
| ଯାନି | yani | 12.88 |
| ୟାନୀ | yani | 0.91 |
| ଯ଼ାନି | yani | 0.91 |
| ଯ଼ାନୀ | yani | 0.76 |
| ୟାନି | yani | 0.61 |
| ୟନି | yani | 0.15 |
| Yani in the Hindi language | ||
| यानी | yani | 62.67 |
| यनी | yani | 24 |
| याणी | yani | 6.67 |
| यानि | yani | 2.67 |
| यनि | yani | 2.67 |
| यणी | yani | 1.33 |
| Yani in the Marathi language | ||
| यानी | yani | 53.57 |
| यनी | yani | 17.86 |
| पयानी | payani | 14.29 |
| यणी | yani | 7.14 |
| यांनी | yanni | 7.14 |
| Yani in the Bengali language | ||
| য়ানী | yani | 50 |
| য়াঙী | yani | 50 |
| Yani in the Russian language | ||
| Яни | ani | - |
| Yani in the Arabic language | ||
| ياني | yany | - |
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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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- 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 Yani
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