Yahayu Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Yahayu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Yahayu (36) may also be a first name.
Yahayu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahayu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yahayu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahayu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,843,861st most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Yahayu are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yahayu is also the 1,717,090th most frequent forename worldwide, borne by 36 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kaduna, where 30 percent are found, Kano, where 24 percent are found and Sokoto, where 19 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Yahayu is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 11 percent are found and Malaysia, where 9 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 Yahayu
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