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 carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yahayi is the 1,459,453rd most common last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name Yahayi 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 frequently occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 84 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 143 people, or 1 in 1,238,761. In Nigeria Yahayi is most common in: Jigawa, where 39 percent are found, Bauchi, where 14 percent are found and Yobe, where 13 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Yahayi exists in 3 countries. It also occurs 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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