Yayaha Surname

409,211th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 854 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Niger

Yayaha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yayaha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6811:260,12214,940
Niger1481:129,6764,961
Pakistan221:8,120,17743,015
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Yayaha (572) may also be a first name.

Yayaha Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yayaha (Hindi: याहया, Marathi: यायहा) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yayaha? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 409,211th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 8,533,426 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Yayaha are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 350,532nd most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 572 people.

Yayaha is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 681 people, or 1 in 260,122. In Nigeria Yayaha is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 14 percent live, Niger, where 13 percent live and Jigawa, where 11 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 17 percent live and Pakistan, where 3 percent live.

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Yayaha Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yayaha in the Marathi language
यायहाyayaha-
Yayaha in the Hindi language
याहयाyahaya50
यायाहाyayaha50

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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 Yayaha
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