Yaî Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Yaî Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yaî Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1651:62,6407,708
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

The alternate forms: Yaï (786) are calculated separately.

Yaî (11) may also be a first name.

Yaî Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yaî occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Yaï. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaî? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,343,156th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The last name Yaî is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yaî live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yaî is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 11 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 62,640. In Benin Yaî is mostly found in: Collines Department, where 68 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 18 percent are found and Alibori Department, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin Yaî exists in one country. It is also common in Chad, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yaï89786/
Ya80500,316/
Yap67173,355/
Yat6746,191/
Yas6734,336/
Yah6723,022/
Yaa6717,984/
Yoa6717,443/
Yaz677,776/
Yay676,804/
Yad675,242/
Yaş672,116/
Yea671,832/
Yae671,334/
Hya671,314/
Yia67570/
Jya67475/
Yaj67258/
Yha67128/
Øya67117/
Yaç6741/
Yaà671/
Yağ670/
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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 Yaî
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