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 surname Yahaaya is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahaaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name is primarily found 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 globally, held by 75 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 564,471. In Niger it is mostly found in: Tahoua Region, where 38 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 35 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 15 percent are found. Barring Niger this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 42 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 Yahaaya
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