Yoraba Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Yoraba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Yoraba (15) may also be a first name.
Yoraba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yoraba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yoraba is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yoraba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yoraba live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most numerous forename internationally, borne by 15 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Yoraba is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 100 percent live. Beside Nigeria Yoraba exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 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 Yoraba
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