Yahahya Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Yahahya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
Yahahya (36) may also be a first name.
Yahahya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahahya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yahahya is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahahya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,532,898th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. Yahahya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yahahya reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 36 people.
Yahahya is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most common in: Zamfara, where 71 percent reside, Kaduna, where 7 percent reside and Kwara, where 7 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 26 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 Yahahya
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