Throughout the world, Yahaya (Yahaya 
, ยาฮายา 
, יאיא 
) is a widespread dominantly male, but uncommonly feminine forename. The first name Yahaya is habitual in Nigeria, where it is a common dominantly boy's, but infrequently feminine name, Tanzania, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Libya, where it is quite a common mostly boy's, but uncommonly female name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, Tanzania, and Ghana. Also, Yahaya is the last name as well as the forename.
Yahaya is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
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| Yahaya | Niger, Tanzania, Malaysia, Nigeria, Ghana |
| ยาฮายา | Thailand |
| יאיא | Israel |
| Яхая | Russia, Ukraine |
| yahaya tounkara Nigerien politician, NE (b. 1939) |
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| yahaya abdulkarim Nigerian politician, NG (b. 1944) |
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| yahaya seidu Ghanaian politician (b. 1945) |
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| yahaya ahmad Malaysian businessman, MY (b. 1947) |
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| yahaya abubakar Nigerian Traditional Ruler, NG (b. 1952) |
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| yahaya s. dangana Nigerian Writer and Author, NG (b. 1954) |
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| yahaya omary massare Tanzanian politician, TZ (b. 1960) |
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| yahaya chaibou Nigerien politician, NE (b. 1960) |
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| yahaya kuta Professor and writer (b. 1962) |
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| mallam yahaya Ghanaian footballer, GH (b. 1974) |
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| kulu yahaya association football player, GH (b. 1976) |
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| tanko yahaya politician in Nigeria |
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| wan amnin wan yahaya researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-4020-1304) |
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| yahaya gavamukulya researcher |
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| zary shariman yahaya researcher |
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