Yahaia Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Yahaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yahaia (26) may also be a first name.
Yahaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yahaia is most common in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahaia? popularity and diffusion
Yahaia is the 5,213,395th most widespread family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Yahaia are found; 57 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yahaia is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent forename internationally, borne by 26 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Yobe, where 83 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 29 percent are found and Algeria, where 7 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 Yahaia
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