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 more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Yahgo.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahgo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 297,114th most widely held family name globally, held by around 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 commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 241 people.
Yahgo is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 1,282 people, or 1 in 8,062. In Benin it is primarily found in: Atakora Department, where 96 percent reside, Collines Department, where 2 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 1 percent reside. Besides Benin it occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 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 Yahgo
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