Yeiya Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Yeiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 67 | 1:2,643,922 | 85,652 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Yeiya (52) may also be a first name.
Yeiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yeiya occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yeiya is the 1,907,068th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Yeiya are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yeiya is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 52 people.
Yeiya is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 2,643,922. In Nigeria Yeiya is primarily found in: Ondo, where 52 percent are found, Lagos, where 42 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 15 percent are found and Niger, where 7 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 Yeiya
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