Yaniah Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Yaniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 85 | 1:1,555,873 | 103,724 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Yaniah (187) may also be a first name.
Yaniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yaniah occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaniah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,020,555th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. Yaniah is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Yaniah reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 665,130th most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 187 people.
It is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 1,555,873. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Central Java, where 62 percent are found, South Sulawesi, where 14 percent are found and West Kalimantan, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Yaniah
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