Yahuza Surname

8,800th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64,421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yahuza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yahuza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria63,3391:2,797362
Ghana9011:29,9903,547
Indonesia1551:853,22164,334
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
England21:27,859,030389,889
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yahuza (71,637) may also be a first name.

Yahuza Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yahuza Come From? nationality or country of origin

Yahuza is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yahuza? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,800th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 113,124 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yahuza are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 13,600th most frequent forename globally, borne by 71,637 people.

The last name Yahuza is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 63,339 people, or 1 in 2,797. In Nigeria Yahuza is primarily found in: Kano, where 20 percent are found, Kaduna, where 14 percent are found and Katsina, where 12 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Yahuza occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.

Yahuza Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Yahuza surname is principally Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.

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Yadsha672/
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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 Yahuza
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