Yahka Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Yahka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Yahka (20) may also be a first name.
Yahka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yahka is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Yahka live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 20 people.
The surname Yahka is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Yahka is most common in: Lagos, where 50 percent reside, Cross River, where 25 percent reside and Enugu, where 25 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Yahka occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside and India, where 17 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 Yahka
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