Yagba Surname
Approximately 3,245 people bear this surname
Yagba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,954 | 1:90,656 | 6,304 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,109 | 1:20,804 | 1,544 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Yagba (1,134) may also be a first name.
Yagba Demographics
Yagba Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Yagba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yagba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yagba is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yagba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 137,976th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,245,777 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Yagba are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 236,441st most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 1,134 people.
Yagba is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,954 people, or 1 in 90,656. In Nigeria Yagba is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 66 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 8 percent are found and Taraba, where 4 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Yagba occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 34 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.
Yagba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Yagba surname is predominantly Christian (97%) in Nigeria.
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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 Yagba
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