Yarja Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Yarja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Yarja (36) may also be a first name.
Yarja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yarja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yarja occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yarja is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Yarja reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most numerous forename world-wide, held by 36 people.
The last name Yarja is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Yarja is mostly found in: Zamfara, where 89 percent live and Sokoto, where 11 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 13 percent live and Afghanistan, where 6 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 Yarja
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