Yabay Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Yabay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Yabay (8) may also be a first name.
Yabay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yabay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yabay is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yabay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Yabay is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Yabay are found; 43 percent are found in West Africa and 29 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Yabay is also the 4,213,784th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 8 people.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Yabay is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 33 percent reside, North Region, where 33 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 33 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 29 percent reside and Pakistan, where 14 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
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