Yenisi Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Yenisi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Yenisi (54) may also be a first name.
Yenisi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yenisi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yenisi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yenisi? popularity and diffusion
Yenisi is the 6,360,413th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Yenisi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yenisi are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most numerous first name internationally, held by 54 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ekiti, where 71 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Osun, where 14 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 22 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
- 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 Yenisi
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