Yagha Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Yagha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yagha (32) may also be a first name.
Yagha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yagha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yagha is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yagha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Yagha live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Chadic Africa. Yagha is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly used forename world-wide. It is borne by 32 people.
The surname Yagha is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon Yagha is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 63 percent are found, Centre Region, where 13 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Yagha occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 5 percent are found and Egypt, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Yagha
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