Youma Surname
Approximately 7,155 people bear this surname
Youma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 6,421 | 1:2,858 | 372 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Mauritania | 117 | 1:34,999 | 2,803 |
| Congo | 95 | 1:52,517 | 4,804 |
| Niger | 44 | 1:436,182 | 11,913 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Cambodia | 9 | 1:1,720,794 | 6,732 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Youma (28,478) may also be a first name.
Youma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Youma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Youma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻢ) is carried by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Youma? popularity and diffusion
Youma is the 69,285th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,018,525 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Youma reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Youma is also the 29,032nd most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 28,478 people.
The last name Youma is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 6,421 people, or 1 in 2,858. In Burkina Faso Youma is most prevalent in: Centre-Nord Region, where 65 percent live, Est Region, where 10 percent live and Sahel Region, where 8 percent live. Besides Burkina Faso Youma occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 5 percent live and Mauritania, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Youma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Youma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻢ | ym | 46.37 |
| ﻳﻤﻪ | ymh | 42.1 |
| ﻳﻮﻣﻪ | ywmh | 5.94 |
| ﻳﻮﻡ | ywm | 2.29 |
| ﻳﻮﻣﺎ | ywma | 1.89 |
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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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- 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 Youma
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