Yagbe Surname
Approximately 469 people bear this surname
Yagbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 326 | 1:31,704 | 4,160 |
| Ivory Coast | 79 | 1:292,041 | 11,081 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
Yagbe (186) may also be a first name.
Yagbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yagbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yagbe occurs most in Benin. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yagbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 645,988th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 15,538,477 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Yagbe reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 667,122nd most frequent forename globally It is held by 186 people.
It is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 31,704. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 27 percent live, Kouffo Department, where 26 percent live and Alibori Department, where 25 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 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 Yagbe
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