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 found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yiase.
How Common Is The Last Name Yiase? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,263,456th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. The last name Yiase is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yiase reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yiase is also the 2,368,944th most common forename worldwide, held by 21 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 181 people, or 1 in 978,689. In Nigeria Yiase is most frequent in: Benue, where 98 percent are found and Osun, where 2 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 1 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 Yiase
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