Iahaya Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Iahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Iahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iahaya has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iahaya? popularity and diffusion
Iahaya is the 5,812,366th most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Iahaya reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kaduna, where 80 percent live, Adamawa, where 10 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 10 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 9 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 Iahaya
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