Yiase Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Yiase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 181 | 1:978,689 | 41,594 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Yiase (21) may also be a first name.
Yiase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yiase Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yiase is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Yiase.
How Common Is The Last Name Yiase? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yiase is the 1,263,456th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. Yiase occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yiase live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yiase is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 21 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 978,689. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 98 percent reside and Osun, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Yiase
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