Yanusa Surname

57,264th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,844 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yanusa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yanusa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8,8371:20,0461,829
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Yanusa (6,066) may also be a first name.

Yanusa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yanusa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Yanusa (Marathi: युनुस, Oriya: ୱାଇଅନୁସା, Russian: Януса) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yanusa.

How Common Is The Last Name Yanusa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 57,264th most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 824,010 people. Yanusa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yanusa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 85,071st most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 6,066 people.

Yanusa is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 8,837 people, or 1 in 20,046. In Nigeria Yanusa is most numerous in: Sokoto, where 49 percent are found, Kebbi, where 18 percent are found and Zamfara, where 14 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.

Yanusa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Yanusa surname is primarily Traditional African (66%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Yanusa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yanusa in the Oriya language
ୱାଇଅନୁସାwa'i'anusa-
Yanusa in the Marathi language
युनुसyunusa-
Yanusa in the Russian language
Янусаanusa-

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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 Yanusa
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