Yassana Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Yassana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 119 | 1:154,219 | 3,880 |
| Ivory Coast | 47 | 1:490,877 | 15,694 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Senegal | 13 | 1:1,121,488 | 3,334 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Yassana (48) may also be a first name.
Yassana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yassana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yassana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﺻﺎﻧﺎ) is most common in Burkina Faso. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yassana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,098,270th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Yassana live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yassana is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 48 people.
The last name Yassana is most widespread in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 154,219. In Burkina Faso Yassana is most frequent in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 68 percent reside, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 24 percent reside and Centre Region, where 7 percent reside. Beside Burkina Faso it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 21 percent reside and Indonesia, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yassana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yassana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﺻﺎﻧﺎ | yasana | - |
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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 Yassana
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