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 is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yahayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,459,453rd most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yahayi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yahayi is also the 1,046,220th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 84 people.
The surname Yahayi is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 143 people, or 1 in 1,238,761. In Nigeria Yahayi is most numerous in: Jigawa, where 39 percent reside, Bauchi, where 14 percent reside and Yobe, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent reside and Scotland, where 1 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 Yahayi
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