Yashua Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Yashua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 137 | 1:1,293,013 | 51,317 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Yashua (115) may also be a first name.
Yashua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yashua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yashua (Oriya: ଯଶୁଆ) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yashua? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,465,390th most prevalent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Yashua live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yashua is also the 873,022nd most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 115 people.
The surname Yashua is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 1,293,013. In Nigeria Yashua is mostly concentrated in: Bauchi, where 89 percent live, Kaduna, where 8 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Yashua exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Iran, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yashua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yashua in the Oriya language | ||
| ଯଶୁଆ | yasu'a | - |
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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 Yashua
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