Yayai Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Yayai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 81 | 1:2,186,948 | 74,923 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Yayai (80) may also be a first name.
Yayai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yayai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yayai occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yayai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yayai is the 1,612,213th most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Yayai live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,075,395th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 80 people.
The last name Yayai is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 2,186,948. In Nigeria Yayai is mostly found in: Gombe, where 88 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 12 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found and India, where 10 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 Yayai
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