Yausa Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Yausa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 212 | 1:835,579 | 36,885 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yausa (178) may also be a first name.
Yausa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yausa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yausa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yausa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yausa is the 804,502nd most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 20,941,224 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Yausa live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yausa is also the 683,417th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 178 people.
Yausa is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 835,579. In Nigeria it is most common in: Jigawa, where 17 percent are found, Lagos, where 10 percent are found and Zamfara, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 12 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 12 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
- 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 Yausa
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