Yaakaa Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Yaakaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Yaakaa (12) may also be a first name.
Yaakaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaakaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yaakaa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaakaa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yaakaa is the 4,116,508th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Yaakaa are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yaakaa is also the 3,306,491st most widely held forename throughout the world It is held by 12 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Yaakaa is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 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
- 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 Yaakaa
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