Yahee Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Yahee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yahee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

The alternate forms: Yahée (1) are calculated separately.

Yahee (25) may also be a first name.

Yahee Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yahee Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Yahee is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Yahée. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yahee? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,798,600th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Yahee live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yahee is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used forename at a global level It is held by 25 people.

The last name Yahee is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Yahee is most prevalent in: Nasarawa, where 83 percent live, Lagos, where 11 percent live and Bayelsa, where 6 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 26 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yahée931/
Yaheei912/
Yahgee912/
Yaheu8074/
Yahei8019/
Yahey8014/
Jahee806/
Yaeae801/
Yaaee801/
Yohee801/
Yanghe73140/
Jaheej7373/
Jahehe736/
Jahaee734/
Yhaeei731/
Yaheaa731/
Aheeae731/
Yeayee731/
Yeaees731/
Jaee6743/
Ehee6722/
Yeae677/
Yaeeiji671/

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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 Yahee
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