Yongah Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Yongah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yongah (10) may also be a first name.
Yongah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yongah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yongah is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yongah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yongah is the 4,307,654th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. Yongah occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Yongah reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 10 people.
The last name is most frequent in Liberia, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 314,895. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Lofa County, where 93 percent live and Montserrado County, where 7 percent live. Outside of Liberia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and Kenya, where 10 percent live.
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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 Yongah
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