Yanaye Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Yanaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Yanaye (575) may also be a first name.
Yanaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yanaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yanaye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yanaye is the 4,206,983rd most widespread surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Yanaye are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yanaye is also the 349,457th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 575 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 50 percent live and Borno, where 50 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent live and Niger, where 9 percent live.
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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 Yanaye
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