Yaaye Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Yaaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yaaye (12) may also be a first name.
Yaaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yaaye is found most in Niger. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Yaaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yaaye are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 12 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 1,370,858. In Niger Yaaye is mostly concentrated in: Dosso Region, where 57 percent are found and Tillabéri Region, where 36 percent are found. Barring Niger Yaaye exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 17 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Yaaye
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