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
Yilana is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yilana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yilana live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yilana is also the 2,608,198th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 18 people.
The surname Yilana is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 100 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Yilana exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 25 percent are found and Uganda, where 25 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 Yilana
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