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
Yamga is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yamga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamga? popularity and diffusion
Yamga is the 582,776th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 13,545,624 people. Yamga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yamga reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Yamga is also the 1,637,361st most frequently used first name internationally, held by 39 people.
The surname Yamga is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 506 people, or 1 in 41,046. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 42 percent are found, West Region, where 33 percent are found and Centre Region, where 21 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
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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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