Yiaka Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Yiaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Yiaka (5) may also be a first name.
Yiaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yiaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yiaka is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yiaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yiaka is the 10,311,814th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Yiaka is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yiaka live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yiaka is also the 5,493,085th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 5 people.
The last name Yiaka is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 50 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 50 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 33 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 Yiaka
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