Yadàv
surname · Latin script
Yadàv is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country: 1,228,581 people, counted by NPHC 2021 in 2021, which ranks it 6th. In Qatar it is the 5th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Transliteration of Hindi यादव (yādav), Nepali यादव (yādav). Yadàv is also written যাদব in Bengali, Ядав in Cyrillic and ยาดาฟ in Thai.
- NPNepal1 in 25(measured from records)
- QAQatar≈1 in 350
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 600
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Yadàv itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nepal (measured from records)
- #42 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 342 (measured from records)
- 1 in 25 (inferred from the name graph)
1,228,581 people, 2021
of 19M surnames, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Nepal
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Yadàv in other scripts: Bengali, Cyrillic, Thai and 2 more
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Yadav in IN India, NP Nepal, SA Saudi Arabia and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Transliteration of Hindi यादव (yādav), Nepali यादव (yādav).
Cited for this meaning 2
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Wiktionary
Where the surname Yadàv is found
(measured from records)Yadàv counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP Nepal | — | 1,228,581 | 1 in 25 | 1.2M | Yadav | 82 |
| IN India | #7 | 1,165,340 | 1 in 1.1K | 1.2M | Yadav | 342 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #10 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 595 | — | Yadav | 77 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #22 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Yadav | 34 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Yadav | 27 |
| QA Qatar | #5 | ≈8,200 est. | ≈1 in 347 | — | Yadav | 29 |
| BH Bahrain | #24 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 626 | — | Yadav | 16 |
1,228,581 people counted by NPHC 2021 — Population by caste/ethnicity group (national), surname-shaped categories only, 2021. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; NPHC 2021 — Population by caste/ethnicity group (national), surname-shaped categories only. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Yadàv mean, and where does it come from?
- Transliteration of Hindi यादव (yādav), Nepali यादव (yādav). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary.
- Which countries have the most people with the surname Yadàv?
- In Nepal, the national register counted about 1.2 million people named Yadàv, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yadav. After it come India, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia; the country table on this page ranks them.
- Where is Yadàv most common?
- Yadàv is densest in Nepal, where the national register counts about 1 in 25 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Yadàv?
- In Nepal, the national register counted 1,228,581 people named Yadàv in 2021, about 1 in 25 residents.
- How common is Yadàv compared with other names?
- In Qatar, Yadàv is the 5th most common surname of 15,902 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yadàv” — ranked 6th in Nepal (NPHC 2021, 2021). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.