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 surname Yayya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻳﻴﻪ, Hindi: यय्या, Russian: Ыаыыа) is borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yayya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,775,494th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name Yayya occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Yayya live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 757,758th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 148 people.
The last name Yayya is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 417,218. In Niger Yayya is most prevalent in: Agadez Region, where 46 percent are found, Tillabéri Region, where 30 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Niger Yayya is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 37 percent are found and Bulgaria, where 7 percent are found.
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
- 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 Yayya
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