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
Average Yayah Salary in
United States
$30,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yayah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻳﺎﻩ, Hindi: यायाह, Marathi: यायाह) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yayah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 84,820th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,280,089 people. The last name Yayah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Yayah live; 64 percent live in Southeast Asia and 64 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Yayah is also the 7,223rd most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 144,865 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 3,585 people, or 1 in 36,890. In Indonesia Yayah is most prevalent in: West Java, where 73 percent live, Jakarta, where 12 percent live and Central Java, where 6 percent live. Not including Indonesia this surname exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 24 percent live and Ghana, where 6 percent live.
Yayah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Yayah last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% registered with 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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