Yeha Surname
Approximately 1,556 people bear this surname
Yeha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Benin | 77 | 1:134,229 | 14,380 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Yeha (4,005) may also be a first name.
Yeha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yeha is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeha? popularity and diffusion
Yeha is the 253,937th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 4,683,513 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yeha reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Yeha is also the 110,341st most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 4,005 people.
The last name Yeha is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Apart from Ethiopia this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 5 percent are found and Argentina, where 1 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 Yeha
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