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 is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yagbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yagbe is the 645,988th most numerous last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 15,538,477 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Yagbe are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 667,122nd most commonly held first name internationally, held by 186 people.
It is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 326 people, or 1 in 31,704. In Benin it is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 27 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 26 percent reside and Alibori Department, where 25 percent reside. Not including Benin Yagbe is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Yagbe
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