Yahayi Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Yahayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 143 | 1:1,238,761 | 49,638 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Yahayi (84) may also be a first name.
Yahayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yahayi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yahayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,459,453rd most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yahayi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,046,220th most widely held first name globally, held by 84 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 1,238,761. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Jigawa, where 39 percent are found, Bauchi, where 14 percent are found and Yobe, where 13 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent are found and Scotland, where 1 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 Yahayi
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