Yemga Surname
Approximately 195 people bear this surname
Yemga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 183 | 1:113,492 | 13,142 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yemga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yemga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yemga occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yemga.
How Common Is The Last Name Yemga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yemga is the 1,206,588th most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 37,372,030 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yemga are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 113,492. In Cameroon Yemga is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 49 percent live, Littoral Region, where 40 percent live and West Region, where 7 percent live. Not including Cameroon it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Yemga
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