Yaye Surname
Approximately 42,460 people bear this surname
Yaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 37,639 | 1:510 | 82 |
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Benin | 1,248 | 1:8,282 | 1,137 |
| Cameroon | 422 | 1:49,216 | 6,429 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Ivory Coast | 338 | 1:68,258 | 3,878 |
| DR Congo | 253 | 1:292,014 | 26,830 |
| Nigeria | 244 | 1:725,995 | 33,220 |
| Mauritania | 218 | 1:18,784 | 1,729 |
| Liberia | 50 | 1:88,171 | 7,231 |
| South Sudan | 49 | 1:232,961 | 594 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| Venezuela | 25 | 1:1,208,163 | 17,203 |
| Burkina Faso | 21 | 1:873,910 | 9,338 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Yaye (39,398) may also be a first name.
Yaye Demographics
Average Yaye Salary in
United States
$42,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻱ, Marathi: याये, Oriya: ଯେଯା) occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaye? popularity and diffusion
Yaye is the 13,192nd most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 171,633 people. Yaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yaye reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 22,475th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 39,398 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Niger, where it is held by 37,639 people, or 1 in 510. In Niger Yaye is mostly concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 58 percent live, Dosso Region, where 25 percent live and Niamey Capital District, where 14 percent live. Other than Niger this last name is found in 34 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 3 percent live and Benin, where 3 percent live.
Yaye Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Yaye earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 23.67% less than the national average, earning $17,328,000 COP per year and in United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaye in the Oriya language | ||
| ଯେଯା | yeya | - |
| Yaye in the Marathi language | ||
| याये | yaye | - |
| Yaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﻱ | yay | 56.59 |
| ﻳﺎﻳﻪ | yayh | 33.53 |
| ﺍﻳﺎﻱ | ayay | 1.8 |
| ﻳﺎﻳﺎ | yaya | 1.8 |
| ﻳﺎﻳﺔ | yayt | 1.2 |
| ﻳﻴﻪ | yyh | 0.9 |
| ﺇﻳﺎﻱ | ayay | 0.9 |
| ﻳﺎﻯ | yay | 0.9 |
| ﺍﻳﺎﻳﻪ | ayayh | 0.6 |
| ﻳﺎﻳﻰ | yayy | 0.6 |
| ﺃﻳﺎﻱ | ayay | 0.6 |
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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 Yaye
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