Yaaba Surname
Approximately 518 people bear this surname
Yaaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Nigeria | 92 | 1:1,925,465 | 68,462 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Yaaba (172) may also be a first name.
Yaaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yaaba is found in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaaba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yaaba is the 600,164th most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 14,068,621 people. Yaaba is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yaaba are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 696,764th most widespread forename internationally. It is borne by 172 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Beside Ghana this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 18 percent reside and India, where 1 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 Yaaba
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