Ya Gana Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Ya Gana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
Ya Gana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ya Gana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ya Gana is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ya Gana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,909,720th most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ya Gana reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria Ya Gana is most prevalent in: Borno, where 47 percent live, Yobe, where 34 percent live and Niger, where 19 percent live. Beside Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 29 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 Ya Gana
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