Ben Yah Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Ben Yah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ben Yah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ben Yah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ben Yah is found most in Liberia. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ben Yah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ben Yah is the 4,772,636th most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Ben Yah reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Liberia, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 275,533. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Nimba County, where 94 percent live and Montserrado County, where 6 percent live. Other than Liberia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ben Yah
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