Yaghan Surname
Approximately 1,268 people bear this surname
Yaghan Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Yemen | 925 | 1:28,568 | 2,744 |
Jordan | 201 | 1:43,992 | 4,701 |
Palestine | 109 | 1:41,733 | 4,721 |
United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Yaghan (13) may also be a first name.
Yaghan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaghan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yaghan occurs in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Yaghan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaghan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yaghan is the 299,919th most frequent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 5,747,276 people. The last name Yaghan occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Yaghan live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 73 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Yaghan is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used forename on earth. It is borne by 13 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Yemen, where it is borne by 925 people, or 1 in 28,568. In Yemen Yaghan is primarily found in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 67 percent reside, Hajjah Governorate, where 27 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Yemen this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 16 percent reside and Palestine, where 9 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 Yaghan
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