Yourah Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Yourah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Yourah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yourah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yourah is borne by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yourah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yourah are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
The surname Yourah is most prevalent in Niger, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 1,010,106. In Niger Yourah is mostly concentrated in: Diffa Region, where 95 percent live and Agadez Region, where 5 percent live. Barring Niger this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Liberia, where 5 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 Yourah
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