Yaake Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Yaake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Yaake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yaake (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻛﻪ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaake? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,532,898th most commonly used family name globally, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yaake reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Yaake is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 94 percent are found and Rivers, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Yaake is found in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yaake Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaake in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﻛﻪ | yakh | - |
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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 Yaake
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