Yara Surname
Approximately 71,335 people bear this surname
Yara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 23,560 | 1:7,583 | 616 |
| India | 12,647 | 1:60,652 | 4,131 |
| Colombia | 8,297 | 1:5,758 | 804 |
| Egypt | 6,254 | 1:14,700 | 1,756 |
| Burkina Faso | 5,274 | 1:3,480 | 427 |
| Japan | 3,813 | 1:33,529 | 3,154 |
| Mali | 3,678 | 1:4,614 | 317 |
| Philippines | 1,505 | 1:67,268 | 11,518 |
| Iraq | 739 | 1:47,391 | 1,919 |
| Ivory Coast | 619 | 1:37,272 | 2,465 |
| Nigeria | 557 | 1:318,030 | 17,522 |
| Morocco | 477 | 1:72,277 | 12,260 |
| United States | 461 | 1:786,245 | 60,824 |
| Papua New Guinea | 395 | 1:20,642 | 2,191 |
| Niger | 394 | 1:48,711 | 2,453 |
| Mauritania | 343 | 1:11,938 | 1,179 |
| Brazil | 285 | 1:751,138 | 27,388 |
| Indonesia | 213 | 1:620,888 | 49,115 |
| Benin | 193 | 1:53,552 | 6,715 |
| Ukraine | 183 | 1:248,758 | 32,662 |
| Guinea | 178 | 1:66,482 | 750 |
| Cameroon | 144 | 1:144,230 | 16,009 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| Peru | 116 | 1:274,001 | 10,785 |
| Iran | 114 | 1:673,531 | 35,891 |
| Dominican Republic | 100 | 1:104,329 | 4,466 |
| United Arab Emirates | 85 | 1:107,791 | 9,280 |
| Thailand | 77 | 1:917,381 | 143,219 |
| Spain | 51 | 1:916,707 | 35,562 |
| Afghanistan | 45 | 1:714,515 | 7,832 |
| Turkey | 43 | 1:1,809,801 | 65,502 |
| Algeria | 40 | 1:965,789 | 42,026 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| Venezuela | 22 | 1:1,372,913 | 18,810 |
| Kenya | 17 | 1:2,716,465 | 37,471 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Cuba | 6 | 1:1,920,453 | 8,345 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Jordan | 4 | 1:2,210,609 | 20,372 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Yára (1) & Yará (1) are calculated separately.
Yara (281,343) may also be a first name.
Yara Demographics
Average Male Yara Height
174 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Yara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yara (Arabic: يارا, Bengali: য়ারা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﺭ, Hindi: यारा, Marathi: यारा, Oriya: ୟାରା, Tibetan: ཡ་ར་) is found in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Yára or Yará. Click here for other potential spellings of Yara.
How Common Is The Last Name Yara? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,952nd most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 102,159 people. Yara is predominantly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Yara live; 51 percent live in South Asia and 33 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Yara is also the 3,737th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 281,343 people.
Yara is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is carried by 23,560 people, or 1 in 7,583. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Punjab, where 100 percent live, Sindh, where 0 percent live and Balochistan, where 0 percent live. Beside Pakistan it exists in 87 countries. It also occurs in India, where 18 percent live and Colombia, where 12 percent live.
Yara Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Yara has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Yara surname rose 2,426 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Yara surname is primarily Latin Catholic (100%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Yara are 11.83% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 65.06% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Yara earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 11.87% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,686 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.48% less than the national average, earning $21,458,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.07% less than the national average, earning $40,528 USD per year and in Canada they earn 45.08% less than the national average, earning $27,287 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yara in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡ་ར་ | yara | - |
| Yara in the Bengali language | ||
| য়ারা | yara | - |
| Yara in the Oriya language | ||
| ୟାରା | yara | 96.38 |
| ୟାର | yara | 0.72 |
| ୟରା | yara | 0.72 |
| େୟରା | eyara | 0.72 |
| ରାଜୁ | raju | 0.72 |
| Yara in the Marathi language | ||
| यारा | yara | 95.83 |
| यरा | yara | 4.17 |
| Yara in the Hindi language | ||
| यारा | yara | 77.78 |
| शायरा | sayara | 6.35 |
| यरा | yara | 4.76 |
| यार | yara | 3.17 |
| शयारा | sayara | 3.17 |
| यात्रा | yatra | 1.59 |
| Yara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﺭ | yar | 45.05 |
| ﻳﺎﺭﺍ | yara | 37.84 |
| ﻳﺎﺭﻩ | yarh | 15.32 |
| ﻳﺮﻩ | yrh | 0.9 |
| Yara in the Arabic language | ||
| يارا | yara | - |
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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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