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
Yabay has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yabay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Yabay occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Yabay reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 29 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 8 people.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Yabay is most common in: Centre Region, where 33 percent are found, North Region, where 33 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 33 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 29 percent are found and Pakistan, where 14 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 Yabay
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