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
Yani Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Yani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yani (Arabic: ياني, Bengali: য়ানী, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻥ, Hindi: यानी, Marathi: यानी, Oriya: ଯାନୀ, Russian: Яни, Tibetan: ཡ་ནི་) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Yañi or Yaní. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yani? popularity and diffusion
Yani is the 3,383rd most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 44,027 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Yani reside; 92 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 92 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 4,775th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 219,110 people.
This last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 151,400 people, or 1 in 874. In Indonesia Yani is mostly found in: West Java, where 18 percent reside, East Java, where 9 percent reside and South Sumatra, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia Yani occurs in 85 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent reside and Benin, where 1 percent reside.
Yani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Yani surname is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Yani surname are 8.93% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.16% being registered with the political 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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