Yahma Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Yahma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 42 | 1:246,086 | 21,801 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Yahma (306) may also be a first name.
Yahma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yahma (Hindi: यहमा) is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yahma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahma? popularity and diffusion
Yahma is the 2,483,783rd most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name Yahma is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Yahma live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 503,193rd most frequent given name globally, held by 306 people.
The last name Yahma is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 246,086. In Benin Yahma is primarily concentrated in: Donga Department, where 88 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Benin Yahma occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yahma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yahma in the Hindi language | ||
| यहमा | yahama | - |
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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
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- 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 Yahma
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