Yambah Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Yambah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Yambah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yambah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yambah is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yambah.
How Common Is The Last Name Yambah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,605,694th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Yambah are found; 64 percent are found in Central Africa and 64 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 593,402. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 69 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 29 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 3 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Yambah exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 20 percent reside and Malaysia, where 11 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 Yambah
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