Yahov Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
Yahov Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 182 | 1:38,346 | 2,854 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Yahov Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahov Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yahov is carried by more people in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahov? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,198,640th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Yahov reside; 93 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Bulgaria, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 38,346. In Bulgaria it is most common in: Blagoevgrad Province, where 24 percent reside, Shumen Province, where 19 percent reside and Razgrad Province, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Bulgaria it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 4 percent reside and Greece, where 1 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
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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 Yahov
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