Yeheya Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Yeheya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Yeheya (51) may also be a first name.
Yeheya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeheya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yeheya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺤﻲ) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeheya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Yeheya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yeheya are found; 36 percent are found in East Africa and 36 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 51 people.
The surname is most common in Egypt, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Beside Egypt this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 36 percent live and Mauritania, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yeheya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yeheya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺤﻲ | yhy | - |
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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 Yeheya
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