Yatang Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Yatang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 143 | 1:145,238 | 16,093 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yatang (4,885) may also be a first name.
Yatang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yatang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yatang occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yatang? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yatang is the 1,222,957th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Yatang live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 29 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Yatang is also the 97,602nd most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 4,885 people.
The last name Yatang is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 143 people, or 1 in 145,238. In Cameroon Yatang is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 57 percent are found, Centre Region, where 34 percent are found and North Region, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and Malaysia, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Yatang
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