Yahta Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Yahta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Yahta (17) may also be a first name.
Yahta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yahta occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most common surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Yahta live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Yahta is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 17 people.
This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 1,221,710. In Cameroon Yahta is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 76 percent live, Far North Region, where 18 percent live and North Region, where 6 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 21 percent live and Malaysia, where 8 percent live.
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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 Yahta
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