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) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Yamji click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamji? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yamji is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Yamji occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Yamji reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yamji is also the 717,791st most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 163 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Yamji is primarily concentrated in: Gombe, where 33 percent are found, Kano, where 33 percent are found and Taraba, where 33 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found.
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
- 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 Yamji
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