Yahaaya Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Yahaaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 34 | 1:564,471 | 14,312 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
Yahaaya (75) may also be a first name.
Yahaaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahaaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yahaaya is found most in Niger. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahaaya? popularity and diffusion
Yahaaya is the 2,506,728th most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yahaaya live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Chadic Africa. Yahaaya is also the 1,116,575th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 75 people.
This last name is most common in Niger, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 564,471. In Niger Yahaaya is primarily found in: Tahoua Region, where 38 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 35 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 15 percent reside. Besides Niger Yahaaya exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 42 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 Yahaaya
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