Yamah Surname
Approximately 4,136 people bear this surname
Yamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,131 | 1:156,625 | 9,872 |
| Liberia | 1,046 | 1:4,215 | 524 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,009 | 1:9,081 | 1,130 |
| Indonesia | 802 | 1:164,899 | 16,028 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Israel | 29 | 1:295,091 | 25,768 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Guinea | 9 | 1:1,314,869 | 1,461 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Yamah (10,884) may also be a first name.
Yamah Demographics
Average Yamah Salary in
United States
$58,438 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yamah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻣﺎﻩ, Hindi: यामाह) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamah? popularity and diffusion
Yamah is the 112,104th most widespread family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,761,979 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Yamah reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 27 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yamah is also the 57,934th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 10,884 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,131 people, or 1 in 156,625. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Edo, where 45 percent reside, Lagos, where 11 percent reside and Kaduna, where 5 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 25 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 24 percent reside.
Yamah Last Name Statistics demography
Yamah earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.43% more than the national average, earning $58,438 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yamah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yamah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﻣﺎﻩ | yamah | - |
| Yamah in the Hindi language | ||
| यामाह | yamaha | 66.67 |
| यामाहा | yamaha | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Yamah
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