Yayana Surname
Approximately 459 people bear this surname
Yayana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 405 | 1:437,390 | 22,495 |
| India | 37 | 1:20,731,497 | 300,213 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Yayana (76) may also be a first name.
Yayana Demographics
Yayana Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Yayana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yayana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yayana (Russian: Йаяна) is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Yayana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yayana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 656,126th most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 15,877,006 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Yayana live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yayana is also the 1,107,702nd most common first name globally. It is borne by 76 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 405 people, or 1 in 437,390. In Nigeria Yayana is most numerous in: Federal Capital Territory, where 94 percent are found, Plateau, where 3 percent are found and Kwara, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found.
Yayana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Yayana last name is predominantly Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yayana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yayana in the Russian language | ||
| Йаяна | jaana | - |
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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 Yayana
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