Yahaja Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Yahaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
Yahaja (17) may also be a first name.
Yahaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yahaja is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yahaja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Yahaja live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 17 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kogi, where 64 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent live.
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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 Yahaja
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