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Where Does The Last Name Yas Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Yas (Arabic: ياس, Bengali: য়াস, Hindi: यस, Marathi: यास, Oriya: ୟାସ୍, Russian: Ясь, Tibetan: ཡེསེ་) is most common in Iraq. It can occur in the variant forms: Yaş. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yas? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 16,211^th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 212,242 people. The last name Yas is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Yas are found; 86 percent are found in West Asia and 64 percent are found in Levant. Yas is also the 31,417^th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 25,598 people.

The surname Yas is most frequently held in Iraq, where it is carried by 21,976 people, or 1 in 1,594. Other than Iraq Yas is found in 79 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 20 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.

Yas Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Yas surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Yas earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 1.22% more than the national average, earning $22,980,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 27.31% less than the national average, earning $31,363 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.43% less than the national average, earning $38,042 CAD per year.