Yayagana Surname

1,035,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yayagana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yayagana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2411:735,03233,525
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yayagana (155) may also be a first name.

Yayagana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yayagana Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Yayagana is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yayagana? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,035,555th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yayagana reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yayagana is also the 738,219th most widespread given name globally It is held by 155 people.

Yayagana is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 241 people, or 1 in 735,032. In Nigeria Yayagana is most prevalent in: Bauchi, where 97 percent reside, Yobe, where 2 percent reside and Gombe, where 0 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Yayagana
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