Yayya Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Yayya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 46 | 1:417,218 | 11,489 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 1:996,986 | 34,534 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Yayya (148) may also be a first name.
Yayya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yayya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yayya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻳﻴﻪ, Hindi: यय्या, Russian: Ыаыыа) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Yayya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yayya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,775,494th most numerous family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Yayya is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Yayya are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Yayya is also the 757,758th most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 148 people.
The surname Yayya is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 417,218. In Niger it is most common in: Agadez Region, where 46 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 30 percent live and Zinder Region, where 17 percent live. Not including Niger it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 37 percent live and Bulgaria, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yayya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yayya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﻳﻴﻪ | yayyh | - |
| Yayya in the Hindi language | ||
| यय्या | yayya | 50 |
| याय्या | yayya | 50 |
| Yayya in the Russian language | ||
| Ыаыыа | yayya | - |
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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 Yayya
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