Yanah Surname
Approximately 7,057 people bear this surname
Yanah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 6,461 | 1:20,469 | 2,489 |
| Pakistan | 511 | 1:349,597 | 6,930 |
| Liberia | 26 | 1:169,559 | 11,793 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Yanah (21,923) may also be a first name.
Yanah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yanah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yanah (Arabic: يانه, Marathi: यानाह) is found most in Indonesia. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Yanah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 70,097th most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,032,669 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Yanah reside; 92 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 92 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 35,313th most widespread forename at a global level, held by 21,923 people.
The surname Yanah is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 6,461 people, or 1 in 20,469. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: West Java, where 47 percent are found, Central Java, where 13 percent are found and Banten, where 10 percent are found. Barring Indonesia Yanah occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 7 percent are found and Liberia, where 0 percent are found.
Yanah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Yanah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Yanah surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yanah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yanah in the Marathi language | ||
| यानाह | yanaha | - |
| Yanah in the Arabic language | ||
| يانه | yanh | - |
| يانعه | yanh | - |
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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 Yanah
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