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
The surname Yamta (Hindi: यमता, Marathi: यामता) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 295,590th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,649,260 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yamta are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yamta is also the 146,758th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 2,526 people.
The surname Yamta is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 892 people, or 1 in 198,591. In Nigeria Yamta is mostly found in: Borno, where 62 percent live, Yobe, where 11 percent live and Adamawa, where 9 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 30 percent live and Morocco, where 1 percent live.
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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