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 most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yahka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Yahka live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yahka is also the 2,446,817th most widespread forename on earth. It is borne by 20 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 50 percent are found, Cross River, where 25 percent are found and Enugu, where 25 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 percent are found and India, where 17 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 Yahka
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