Younah Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Younah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Younah (58) may also be a first name.
Younah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Younah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Younah is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Younah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Younah live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 58 people.
It is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 339,118. In Liberia Younah is primarily found in: Sinoe County, where 85 percent are found, Gbarpolu County, where 8 percent are found and Rivercess County, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Liberia Younah occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 48 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Younah
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