Yajih Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Yajih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Yajih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yajih Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yajih occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yajih? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,812,366th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Yajih is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Yajih are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Yajih is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Yajih is most common in: Benue, where 70 percent reside, Adamawa, where 10 percent reside and Gombe, where 10 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 9 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
- 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 Yajih
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