Yeya Surname
Approximately 2,613 people bear this surname
Yeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,762 | 1:10,892 | 820 |
| Kenya | 302 | 1:152,914 | 12,145 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Cameroon | 104 | 1:199,703 | 20,621 |
| India | 69 | 1:11,116,890 | 206,545 |
| Tanzania | 68 | 1:778,553 | 42,281 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| Mauritania | 31 | 1:132,092 | 7,581 |
| Burkina Faso | 18 | 1:1,019,561 | 10,177 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
Yeya (2,741) may also be a first name.
Yeya Demographics
Yeya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Yeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yeya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻴﻪ, Hindi: येया, Russian: Йея) has its highest incidence in Niger. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 165,734th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,788,957 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Yeya reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 139,650th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 2,741 people.
The surname Yeya is most frequent in Niger, where it is held by 1,762 people, or 1 in 10,892. In Niger Yeya is most common in: Tillabéri Region, where 93 percent reside, Niamey Capital District, where 4 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Niger this last name is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 12 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
Yeya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Yeya surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yeya in the Hindi language | ||
| येया | yeya | - |
| Yeya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻴﻪ | yyh | 50.45 |
| ﻳﻲ | yy | 27.03 |
| ﻳﻴﺎ | yya | 8.11 |
| ﺍﻳﻴﻪ | ayyh | 3.6 |
| ﻳﻴﻰ | yyy | 2.7 |
| ﻳﻴﺔ | yyt | 1.8 |
| ﻳـﻴﻪ | yyh | 0.9 |
| ﺑﻴﻪ | byh | 0.9 |
| ﻳﺎﻳﻪ | yayh | 0.9 |
| ﻳﺎﻳﺎ | yaya | 0.9 |
| ﺍﻳﻲ | ayy | 0.9 |
| ﻳﺎﻱ | yay | 0.9 |
| ﺃﻳﻴﻪ | ayyh | 0.9 |
| Yeya in the Russian language | ||
| Йея | jea | - |
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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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- 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 Yeya
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