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 last name Yaghan is more frequently found in Yemen than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaghan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 299,919th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,747,276 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Yaghan reside; 98 percent reside in West Asia and 73 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 13 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Yemen, where it is held by 925 people, or 1 in 28,568. In Yemen Yaghan is most numerous in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 67 percent are found, Hajjah Governorate, where 27 percent are found and Sana'a Governorate, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Yemen Yaghan exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 16 percent are found and Palestine, where 9 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 Yaghan
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