Yakaja Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Yakaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Yakaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yakaja has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakaja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Yakaja are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Yakaja is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria Yakaja is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 77 percent reside and Lagos, where 23 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 7 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 Yakaja
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