Yanssa Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Yanssa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Yanssa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yanssa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yanssa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻨﺺ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanssa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yanssa reside; 57 percent reside in Central Africa and 57 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 3,461,511. In Cameroon Yanssa is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 33 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 17 percent live and North Region, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yanssa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yanssa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻨﺺ | yns | - |
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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
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- 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 Yanssa
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