Yaï Surname
Approximately 786 people bear this surname
Yaï Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 776 | 1:13,319 | 1,816 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Yaî (166) are calculated separately.
Yaï (529) may also be a first name.
Yaï Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaï Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yaï occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Yaî. For other potential spellings of Yaï click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaï? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yaï is the 436,668th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 9,271,687 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yaï live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 366,789th most numerous first name globally, held by 529 people.
The surname Yaï is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 776 people, or 1 in 13,319. In Benin it is most common in: Collines Department, where 69 percent live, Borgou Department, where 15 percent live and Zou Department, where 7 percent live. Beside Benin Yaï exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaî | 89 | 166 | / |
| Ya | 80 | 500,316 | / |
| Yaïch | 75 | 14 | / |
| Yap | 67 | 173,355 | / |
| Yat | 67 | 46,191 | / |
| Yas | 67 | 34,336 | / |
| Yah | 67 | 23,022 | / |
| Yaa | 67 | 17,984 | / |
| Yoa | 67 | 17,443 | / |
| Yaz | 67 | 7,776 | / |
| Yay | 67 | 6,804 | / |
| Yad | 67 | 5,242 | / |
| Yaş | 67 | 2,116 | / |
| Yea | 67 | 1,832 | / |
| Yae | 67 | 1,334 | / |
| Hya | 67 | 1,314 | / |
| Yia | 67 | 570 | / |
| Jya | 67 | 475 | / |
| Yaj | 67 | 258 | / |
| Yha | 67 | 128 | / |
| Øya | 67 | 117 | / |
| Yaç | 67 | 41 | / |
| Yaà | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaï | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yağ | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Yaï
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