Yayaya Surname

783,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 361 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yayaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yayaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3471:510,49825,333
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Yayaya (256) may also be a first name.

Yayaya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yayaya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Yayaya (Russian: Яяя) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yayaya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 783,439th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 20,187,108 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yayaya live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yayaya is also the 556,659th most common first name world-wide, held by 256 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 347 people, or 1 in 510,498. In Nigeria Yayaya is most common in: Borno, where 28 percent are found, Bauchi, where 20 percent are found and Anambra, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 2 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.

Yayaya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Yayaya last name is primarily Muslim (91%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yayahya925/
Yayayad921/
Yahayaya8610/
Jayaya834/
Yayaja831/
Yisayayah801/
Yahayayya801/
Jayaiya7780/
Jayayay7710/
Jayayya772/
Yeaya7311/
Esayayad715/
Aitayaya713/
Yahayyia711/
Yayajo67196/
Yejaya6769/
Yehaya6722/
Yaweya6720/
Yajiya6719/
Yajaya6713/
Yeayea6712/
Yajeya678/
Geyaya672/
Yajaja671/
Yayiha671/
Jeyaya671/
Jayayo671/
Yajayo671/
Jayaia671/
Isayahaya671/
Yaiaya671/
Yeayia671/
Yeayah671/
Yujaya671/
Yayoyo671/
Aitayaaya671/
Ejayaa671/

Yayaya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yayaya in the Russian language
Яяяaaa-

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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 Yayaya
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