Yamga Surname
Approximately 538 people bear this surname
Yamga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 506 | 1:41,046 | 5,470 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Yamga (39) may also be a first name.
Yamga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yamga is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yamga.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yamga is the 582,776th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,545,624 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yamga reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most prevalent forename internationally, borne by 39 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 506 people, or 1 in 41,046. In Cameroon Yamga is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 42 percent live, West Region, where 33 percent live and Centre Region, where 21 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Yamga occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
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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 Yamga
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