Yayea Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Yayea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 22 | 1:200,388 | 13,260 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
The alternate forms: Yayeâ (1) are calculated separately.
Yayea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yayea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yayea occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Yayeâ. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yayea? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,882,373rd most commonly used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Yayea is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Yayea reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname Yayea is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 200,388. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Grand Gedeh County, where 95 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Liberia Yayea exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 8 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 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
- 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 Yayea
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