Yarayu Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Yarayu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
Yarayu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yarayu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yarayu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarayu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yarayu is the 4,649,889th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yarayu are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Yarayu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 92 percent live and Borno, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 28 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 Yarayu
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