Cognomen Yakhya (Yakhya 
, Яхья 
, Яхя ) , in all the world, is quite a rare last name. The last name Yakhya is characteristic of Senegal, where it is quite a rare surname, Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare surname, and Bulgaria. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Senegal, Russia, and Indonesia. More prevalently, Yakhya is the forename as well as the last name.