Yihiya Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Yihiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 47 | 1:408,341 | 11,310 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Yihiya (35) may also be a first name.
Yihiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yihiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yihiya occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Yihiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yihiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,689,253rd most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname Yihiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yihiya live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Chadic Africa. Yihiya is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 35 people.
It is most prevalent in Niger, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 408,341. In Niger it is most frequent in: Zinder Region, where 83 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 17 percent reside. Not including Niger Yihiya exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 8 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 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 Yihiya
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