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) occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Youma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 69,285th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,018,525 people. The last name Youma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Youma are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Youma is also the 29,032nd most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 28,478 people.
The surname Youma is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 6,421 people, or 1 in 2,858. In Burkina Faso Youma is primarily found in: Centre-Nord Region, where 65 percent reside, Est Region, where 10 percent reside and Sahel Region, where 8 percent reside. Beside Burkina Faso it exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 5 percent reside and Mauritania, where 2 percent reside.
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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