Yamta Surname
Approximately 1,290 people bear this surname
Yamta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 892 | 1:198,591 | 11,916 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Yamta (2,526) may also be a first name.
Yamta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yamta (Hindi: यमता, Marathi: यामता) occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 295,590th most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 5,649,260 people. Yamta occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yamta live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yamta is also the 146,758th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 2,526 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 892 people, or 1 in 198,591. In Nigeria Yamta is most prevalent in: Borno, where 62 percent reside, Yobe, where 11 percent reside and Adamawa, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 30 percent reside and Morocco, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yamta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yamta in the Hindi language | ||
| यमता | yamata | - |
| Yamta in the Marathi language | ||
| यामता | yamata | - |
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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 Yamta
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