Yibam Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Yibam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Yibam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yibam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yibam is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yibam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yibam is the 3,323,005th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yibam reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 944,049. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 95 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 34 percent live and Chad, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ibam | 89 | 204 | / |
| Ibham | 80 | 392 | / |
| Gibam | 80 | 31 | / |
| Ibaim | 80 | 20 | / |
| Aibam | 80 | 12 | / |
| Yiban | 80 | 11 | / |
| Ibeam | 80 | 10 | / |
| Itbam | 80 | 10 | / |
| Ibame | 80 | 8 | / |
| Ibaam | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ibamd | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yobam | 80 | 3 | / |
| Jibam | 80 | 3 | / |
| Hibam | 80 | 2 | / |
| Aybam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Isbam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ybame | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ibahm | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yiband | 73 | 76 | / |
| Yibain | 73 | 52 | / |
| Yiswam | 73 | 27 | / |
| Haibam | 73 | 23 | / |
| Ibaham | 73 | 10 | / |
| Ibasim | 73 | 5 | / |
| Yibang | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ibhaim | 73 | 3 | / |
| Hibaum | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gibham | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jibham | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ibhame | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aibham | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yibane | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ibhaam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ibeahm | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iban | 67 | 2,953 | / |
| Ibom | 67 | 1,658 | / |
| Ebam | 67 | 1,318 | / |
| Ywam | 67 | 402 | / |
| Hiebaum | 67 | 338 | / |
| Ivam | 67 | 188 | / |
| Aheibam | 67 | 60 | / |
| Yban | 67 | 13 | / |
| Iwam | 67 | 7 | / |
| Aibaume | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ibañ | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ijbatim | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ybom | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ybañ | 67 | 2 | / |
| Heibham | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jbam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ibahaim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ibaymeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yibaing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haibame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eisbamn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ibhatim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ibhasem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heybaum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yibahan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ibaitim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heibaum | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Yibam
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