In all the world, Yakhya (Yakhya 
, Яхья 
, Яхя ) is quite a rare masculine given name. The first name Yakhya is habitual in Senegal, where it is quite a rare male name, Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare boy's name, and Kazakhstan. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Senegal, Russia, and Pakistan. Very seldom, Yakhya is the last name as well as the forename.