Yolah Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Yolah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 30 | 1:146,951 | 10,677 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Yolah (41) may also be a first name.
Yolah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yolah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yolah is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yolah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,091,648th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname Yolah is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Yolah live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 41 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 146,951. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Lofa County, where 93 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 3 percent reside and Nimba County, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Liberia it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 35 percent reside and Benin, where 17 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 Yolah
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