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
Yeya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻴﻪ, Hindi: येया, Russian: Йея) is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 165,734th most numerous last name internationally, held by around 1 in 2,788,957 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Yeya are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 139,650th most widely held given name internationally, borne by 2,741 people.
The surname is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 1,762 people, or 1 in 10,892. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tillabéri Region, where 93 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 4 percent live and Dosso Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Niger it exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 12 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
Yeya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally 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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