Yanmah Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Yanmah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yanmah (221) may also be a first name.
Yanmah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yanmah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yanmah is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanmah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Yanmah live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 606,684th most common first name worldwide, borne by 221 people.
The surname Yanmah is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia Yanmah is most common in: Lofa County, where 71 percent are found, Bong County, where 14 percent are found and Margibi County, where 14 percent are found. Other than Liberia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yanmahe | 92 | 30 | / |
| Yanma | 91 | 222 | / |
| Yasinmah | 86 | 16 | / |
| Yanmaz | 83 | 5,886 | / |
| Yanmai | 83 | 40 | / |
| Yanema | 83 | 36 | / |
| Yonmah | 83 | 36 | / |
| Janmah | 83 | 22 | / |
| Yanmas | 83 | 12 | / |
| Yanmoh | 83 | 5 | / |
| Yanmaa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Yanmat | 83 | 4 | / |
| Yanmma | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yannma | 83 | 1 | / |
| Janmaha | 77 | 18 | / |
| Ayonmah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yianmga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yaanmma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yanemma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yamma | 73 | 16,905 | / |
| Janma | 73 | 368 | / |
| Yonma | 73 | 144 | / |
| Yanmo | 73 | 49 | / |
| Yammad | 67 | 312 | / |
| Janmai | 67 | 290 | / |
| Yanmou | 67 | 109 | / |
| Yanmei | 67 | 53 | / |
| Yammai | 67 | 52 | / |
| Jeanma | 67 | 50 | / |
| Oyonma | 67 | 38 | / |
| Ianmat | 67 | 11 | / |
| Janmas | 67 | 9 | / |
| Yonmoh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Janmat | 67 | 8 | / |
| Janmad | 67 | 7 | / |
| Yammas | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yammay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yaamma | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yanmey | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yammaz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Janmma | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gianma | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yammat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ajonma | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yanmeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jyamma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Janmay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Janmea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jasnma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eyonma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ihanma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hyamma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jahnma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yammma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jianma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jhanma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geanma | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Yanmah
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