Yaraa Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Yaraa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 78 | 1:592,050 | 27,720 |
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Yaraa (891) may also be a first name.
Yaraa Demographics
Yaraa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Yaraa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaraa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yaraa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻋﺎ, Hindi: यारअ, Marathi: यार) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaraa? popularity and diffusion
Yaraa is the 1,551,568th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. Yaraa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Yaraa are found; 62 percent are found in East Africa and 62 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 272,255th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 891 people.
The surname Yaraa is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 592,050. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: West Pokot County, where 100 percent live. Outside of Kenya this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 33 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
Yaraa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yaraa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaraa in the Hindi language | ||
| यारअ | yara'a | - |
| Yaraa in the Marathi language | ||
| यार | yara | - |
| Yaraa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺮﻋﺎ | yra | 50 |
| ﻳﺮﻋﺎﻩ | yrah | 50 |
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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 Yaraa
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