Baba Yaya Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Baba Yaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Baba Yaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baba Yaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Baba Yaya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Baba Yaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Baba Yaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,812,366th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Baba Yaya reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Baba Yaya is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Baba Yaya is primarily concentrated in: Gombe, where 80 percent reside, Bauchi, where 10 percent reside and Jigawa, where 10 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Baba Yaya is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 9 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Baba Yaya
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