Yilana Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Yilana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Yilana (18) may also be a first name.
Yilana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yilana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yilana is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yilana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yilana are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 18 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 100 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 25 percent reside and Uganda, where 25 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 Yilana
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