Yakah Surname
Approximately 1,454 people bear this surname
Yakah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,385 | 1:19,510 | 2,432 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Yakah (50) may also be a first name.
Yakah Demographics
Average Yakah Salary in
United States
$86,281 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yakah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yakah (Arabic: عياشه) is found most frequently in Ghana. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 268,397th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,012,067 people. The last name Yakah is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yakah reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most frequent given name at a global level, held by 50 people.
The last name Yakah is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is carried by 1,385 people, or 1 in 19,510. Not including Ghana it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Yakah Last Name Statistics demography
Yakah earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 99.96% more than the national average, earning $86,281 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakah in the Arabic language | ||
| عياشه | yashh | - |
| ياقه | yaqh | - |
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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 Yakah
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