Yayah Surname
Approximately 5,693 people bear this surname
Yayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 3,585 | 1:36,890 | 4,293 |
| Nigeria | 1,339 | 1:132,295 | 8,585 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Pakistan | 169 | 1:1,057,064 | 13,399 |
| Cameroon | 76 | 1:273,277 | 26,204 |
| Malaysia | 68 | 1:433,739 | 22,323 |
| Liberia | 40 | 1:110,213 | 8,601 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Yayah (144,865) may also be a first name.
Yayah Demographics
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Yayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yayah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻳﺎﻩ, Hindi: यायाह, Marathi: यायाह) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yayah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 84,820th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,280,089 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Yayah live; 64 percent live in Southeast Asia and 64 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 7,223rd most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 144,865 people.
The surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 3,585 people, or 1 in 36,890. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: West Java, where 73 percent are found, Jakarta, where 12 percent are found and Central Java, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia this surname is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 24 percent are found and Ghana, where 6 percent are found.
Yayah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Yayah last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.
Yayah earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.03% less than the national average, earning $30,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yayah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yayah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﻳﺎﻩ | yayah | 75 |
| ﻳﺎﻱ | yay | 8.33 |
| ﻳﻴﺎﻩ | yyah | 8.33 |
| ﻳﺎﻳﻪ | yayh | 8.33 |
| Yayah in the Hindi language | ||
| यायाह | yayaha | 66.67 |
| यायाहा | yayaha | 33.33 |
| Yayah in the Marathi language | ||
| यायाह | yayaha | 50 |
| यायह | yayaha | 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
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- 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 Yayah
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