Yagana Surname
Approximately 3,568 people bear this surname
Yagana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,840 | 1:62,374 | 4,623 |
| Cameroon | 348 | 1:59,681 | 7,684 |
| India | 262 | 1:2,927,730 | 88,513 |
| Niger | 60 | 1:319,867 | 9,444 |
| Israel | 23 | 1:372,071 | 30,321 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Yagana (20,457) may also be a first name.
Yagana Demographics
Average Yagana Salary in
United States
$64,854 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yagana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yagana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yagana (Hindi: यगाना, Marathi: यागना, Oriya: ୟାଗନ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yagana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yagana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yagana is the 127,209th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,042,474 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Yagana reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 37,178th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 20,457 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,840 people, or 1 in 62,374. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Borno, where 65 percent live, Yobe, where 17 percent live and Bauchi, where 5 percent live. Not including Nigeria Yagana is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Yagana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.
Yagana earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 50.3% more than the national average, earning $64,854 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yagana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yagana in the Marathi language | ||
| यागना | yagana | - |
| Yagana in the Hindi language | ||
| यगाना | yagana | 94.12 |
| यागना | yagana | 5.88 |
| Yagana in the Oriya language | ||
| ୟାଗନ | yagana | 33.33 |
| ୟାଗାନା | yagana | 33.33 |
| ୟାଗାନ | yagana | 33.33 |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yagana
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