Yah-Yah Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Yah-Yah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yah-Yah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yah-Yah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yah-Yah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Yah-Yah.
How Common Is The Last Name Yah-Yah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yah-Yah is the 8,193,072nd most numerous last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Yah-Yah are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Yah-Yah is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 100 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Yah-Yah is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 20 percent are found and Chad, where 20 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
- 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 Yah-Yah
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