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Is Yao a Male or Female Name?

Yao is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Yao globally is 90.0% males and 10.0% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Côte d’Ivoire with 93.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is Malaysia with 18.6%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Yao in percentages: Globally: 90.0% males, 10.0% females, Côte d’Ivoire: 93.8% males, 6.2% females, China: 92.0% males, 8.0% females, United States: 92.8% males, 7.2% females, France: 82.3% males, 17.7% females, Malaysia: 81.4% males, 18.6% females, Canada: 90.3% males, 9.7% females, Taiwan: 91.1% males, 8.9% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Yao are 45-54 years old, making up 27.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Yao in each age group: 18-24: 3.8%, 25-34: 10.7%, 35-44: 25.3%, 45-54: 27.5%, 55-64: 20.7%, 65+: 12.0%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Yao is Côte d’Ivoire with 0.4695% of the population. Following is China and Taiwan.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Yao measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Yao year over year: 1956: 0.0019‰, 1957: 0.0014‰, 1958: 0.0009‰, 1959: 0.0028‰, 1960: 0.0019‰, 1961: 0.0036‰, 1962: 0.0023‰, 1963: 0.0027‰, 1964: 0.0022‰, 1965: 0.0026‰, 1966: 0.0022‰, 1967: 0.0026‰, 1968: 0.003‰, 1969: 0.0037‰, 1970: 0.0025‰, 1971: 0.0029‰, 1972: 0.0033‰, 1973: 0.0028‰, 1974: 0.0032‰, 1975: 0.0041‰, 1976: 0.0038‰, 1977: 0.0042‰, 1978: 0.0045‰, 1979: 0.0039‰, 1980: 0.0036‰, 1981: 0.004‰, 1982: 0.0037‰, 1983: 0.0037‰, 1984: 0.0033‰, 1985: 0.0036‰, 1986: 0.0034‰, 1987: 0.0031‰, 1988: 0.0027‰, 1989: 0.0025‰, 1990: 0.0024‰, 1991: 0.0015‰, 1992: 0.0012‰, 1993: 0.0009‰, 1994: 0.0008‰, 1995: 0.0005‰, 1996: 0.0006‰, 1997: 0.0004‰, 1998: 0.0002‰, 1999: 0.0007‰, 2000: 0.0005‰

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