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
Yagbe is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yagbe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 645,988th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,538,477 people. The surname 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 used first name globally It is held by 186 people.
The surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 31,704. In Benin Yagbe is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 27 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 26 percent reside and Alibori Department, where 25 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin it exists in 5 countries. It is also common 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
- 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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