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 surname Yahma (Hindi: यहमा) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yahma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yahma is the 2,483,783rd most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name is mostly 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 commonly held given name globally. It is borne by 306 people.
The last name Yahma is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 246,086. In Benin Yahma is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 88 percent live and Borgou Department, where 12 percent live. Other than Benin Yahma is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.
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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