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 has its highest incidence in Yemen. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaghan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 299,919th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,747,276 people. 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 numerous forename world-wide, borne by 13 people.
This surname is most commonly used 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 live, Hajjah Governorate, where 27 percent live and Sana'a Governorate, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Yemen Yaghan occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 16 percent live and Palestine, where 9 percent live.
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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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