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 occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yabay? popularity and diffusion
Yabay is the 7,117,718th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Yabay live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 29 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most commonly held forename internationally, held by 8 people.
The last name Yabay is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Yabay is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 33 percent live, North Region, where 33 percent live and Northwest Region, where 33 percent live. Other than Cameroon Yabay is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 29 percent live and Pakistan, where 14 percent live.
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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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