Yishau Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Yishau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 97 | 1:1,826,214 | 65,886 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Yishau (34) may also be a first name.
Yishau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yishau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yishau has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Yishau.
How Common Is The Last Name Yishau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yishau is the 1,871,545th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yishau are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yishau is also the 1,775,424th most frequently held given name in the world It is held by 34 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 1,826,214. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 38 percent reside, Oyo, where 29 percent reside and Zamfara, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 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 Yishau
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