Yamji Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Yamji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Yamji (163) may also be a first name.
Yamji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yamji (Hindi: यमजी, Marathi: यमजी) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamji? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Yamji occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Yamji reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 717,791st most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 163 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Gombe, where 33 percent reside, Kano, where 33 percent reside and Taraba, where 33 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yamji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yamji in the Marathi language | ||
| यमजी | yamaji | 98.41 |
| अमजी | amaji | 0.63 |
| यामिज | yamija | 0.32 |
| यमिज | yamija | 0.32 |
| रामजी | ramaji | 0.32 |
| Yamji in the Hindi language | ||
| यमजी | yamaji | 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 Yamji
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