Yahgo Surname
Approximately 1,283 people bear this surname
Yahgo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,282 | 1:8,062 | 1,107 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Yahgo (241) may also be a first name.
Yahgo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahgo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yahgo is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahgo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yahgo is the 297,114th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,680,083 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yahgo live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 575,894th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 241 people.
The last name Yahgo is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 1,282 people, or 1 in 8,062. In Benin Yahgo is most frequent in: Atakora Department, where 96 percent are found, Collines Department, where 2 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Benin this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 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 Yahgo
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