Yashau Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Yashau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 177 | 1:1,000,807 | 42,311 |
| Maldives | 7 | 1:57,739 | 2,642 |
Yashau (102) may also be a first name.
Yashau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yashau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yashau is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yashau.
How Common Is The Last Name Yashau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yashau is the 1,252,959th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Yashau live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yashau is also the 935,178th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 102 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 177 people, or 1 in 1,000,807. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Jigawa, where 21 percent live, Zamfara, where 21 percent live and Kebbi, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The Maldives, where 4 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 Yashau
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