Yiala Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Yiala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Yiala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yiala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yiala is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yiala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yiala is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Yiala live; 57 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 75 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 25 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon Yiala is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 14 percent are found and Nigeria, where 14 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
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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 Yiala
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