Yahana Surname
Approximately 399 people bear this surname
Yahana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 329 | 1:538,428 | 26,395 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Yahana (1,478) may also be a first name.
Yahana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yahana (Hindi: याहना, Marathi: याहना, Oriya: ୟହାନା) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yahana.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yahana is the 727,600th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. Yahana occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Yahana reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yahana is also the 202,414th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 1,478 people.
Yahana is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 329 people, or 1 in 538,428. In Nigeria Yahana is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 23 percent live, Kaduna, where 16 percent live and Nasarawa, where 14 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 6 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yahana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yahana in the Oriya language | ||
| ୟହାନା | yahana | - |
| Yahana in the Hindi language | ||
| याहना | yahana | 50 |
| यहाना | yahana | 50 |
| Yahana in the Marathi language | ||
| याहना | yahana | 33.33 |
| यहाना | yahana | 33.33 |
| पठाण | pathana | 33.33 |
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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 Yahana
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