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    The surname Ya

    A Tamil surname, carried by 600 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex Y000

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ya is more common than 77.1% of them.

    Origin

    Tamil origin

    Borrowed from Tamil யா (yā). This surname is the 5ᵗʰ most common surname in Tamil Nadu.

    One of 15 Tamil surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 600 people named Ya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 514,576 Americans. That is up 72% since 2000, when the Census counted 349.

    #37,180
    rank among US surnames
    600
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +71.9%
    change since 2000 (was #55,124)

    Who is named Ya

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    88% of people named Ya identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Ya

    Ya has the Soundex code Y000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y000.

    Other Tamil surnames

    All 15 Tamil surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ya come from?
    Borrowed from Tamil யா (yā). This surname is the 5ᵗʰ most common surname in Tamil Nadu.
    How common is the surname Ya?
    600 people in the United States had the surname Ya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 514,576 Americans. It ranked 37,180th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ya?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Ya identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ya getting more or less common?
    More common. 349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 600 in 2010, up 72%.