Yaganama Surname

618,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 497 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Yaganama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yaganama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon4961:41,8735,569
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Yaganama (2,306) may also be a first name.

Yaganama Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yaganama Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Yaganama is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaganama? popularity and diffusion

Yaganama is the 618,896th most widespread family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yaganama are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Yaganama is also the 155,134th most common first name internationally, held by 2,306 people.

The last name Yaganama is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 496 people, or 1 in 41,873. In Cameroon Yaganama is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 82 percent live and North Region, where 18 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yaghanama941/
Yahganama941/
Yaganami88145/
Yaganame8820/
Jaganama881/
Yaganoma881/
Jaganamma8219/
Yagannami821/
Yagangoma821/
Yaganouma821/
Yoganami751/
Yagonami751/
Yangganomo6713/
Yogonami631/
Joganamid5920/

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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 Yaganama
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