Yougha Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Yougha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 175 | 1:1,012,244 | 42,687 |
| Mauritania | 24 | 1:170,619 | 9,051 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Yougha (55) may also be a first name.
Yougha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yougha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yougha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﻗﻪ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yougha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yougha is the 1,163,787th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. Yougha is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yougha are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 55 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 1,012,244. In Nigeria Yougha is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 89 percent reside, Rivers, where 6 percent reside and Ogun, where 2 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yougha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yougha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻮﻗﻪ | ywqh | 66.67 |
| ﻳﻮﻏﻪ | ywghh | 11.11 |
| ﻳﻮﻛﺎ | ywka | 11.11 |
| ﻳﻮﻙ | ywk | 11.11 |
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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
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- 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 Yougha
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