Iyakaka Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Iyakaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 82 | 1:253,281 | 24,740 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Iyakaka (41) may also be a first name.
Iyakaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyakaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iyakaka is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyakaka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,047,559th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Iyakaka live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Chadic Africa. Iyakaka is also the 1,590,275th most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 41 people.
The surname Iyakaka is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 253,281. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 98 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 1 percent are found and North Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon Iyakaka exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 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
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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 Iyakaka
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