# Yahya (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/yahya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,112 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,989 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 277,649 people |
| Change since 2000 | +93% (577 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), equivalent to John in the Qur'an.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Yahya in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 57% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 17% |
| Two or more races | 7.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Yahya in Brazil.

## People named Yahya

- Rani Yahya, Brazilian martial artist

## Similar surnames

Ya, Yu, Yee, Yi, Yoo, Ye, Yao, Yeh, You, Yau, Yoho, Yeo.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.