Yahy Surname
Approximately 456 people bear this surname
Yahy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Iran | 141 | 1:544,557 | 31,350 |
| Malaysia | 46 | 1:641,179 | 30,740 |
| Mauritania | 26 | 1:157,495 | 8,595 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Yahy (2,240) may also be a first name.
Yahy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yahy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻫﻲ) occurs most in Egypt. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahy? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 659,458th most widespread family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 15,981,460 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 55 percent of Yahy reside; 47 percent reside in North Africa and 47 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Yahy is also the 157,878th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,240 people.
This surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Excluding Egypt it is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 31 percent live and Malaysia, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yahy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yahy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﻫﻲ | yahy | 21.43 |
| ﺍﻳﺎﻫﻲ | ayahy | 21.43 |
| ﻳﺤﻲ | yhy | 21.43 |
| ﻳﺤﻰ | yhy | 14.29 |
| ﺃﻳﺎﻫﻲ | ayahy | 7.14 |
| ﺍﻳﺎﻫﻰ | ayahy | 7.14 |
| ﺍﻳﺎﻩ | ayah | 7.14 |
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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 Yahy
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