Yakasai Surname

285,302nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,348 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Yakasai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yakasai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,3111:135,1208,735
England161:3,482,379114,324
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Yakasai (561) may also be a first name.

Yakasai Last Name Facts

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

Yakasai has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yakasai? popularity and diffusion

It is the 285,302nd most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,406,191 people. The surname Yakasai is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Yakasai live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yakasai is also the 354,811th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 561 people.

The surname Yakasai is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,311 people, or 1 in 135,120. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kano, where 74 percent are found, Jigawa, where 6 percent are found and Kaduna, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Yakasai Last Name Statistics demography

Yakasai earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 52.96% more than the national average, earning $66,000 USD per year.

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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 Yakasai
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