Yacon Surname
Approximately 2,305 people bear this surname
Yacon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 1,670 | 1:9,630 | 1,062 |
| Philippines | 563 | 1:179,819 | 28,963 |
| Peru | 25 | 1:1,271,365 | 21,041 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Yacón (1) are calculated separately.
Yacon (24) may also be a first name.
Yacon Demographics
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Yacon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yacon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yacon occurs most in Guatemala. It can be rendered as a variant: Yacón. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yacon.
How Common Is The Last Name Yacon? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 184,125th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 3,161,625 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Yacon reside; 72 percent reside in Central America and 72 percent reside in Hispano-Central America. It is also the 2,187,323rd most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 24 people.
Yacon is most frequently used in Guatemala, where it is carried by 1,670 people, or 1 in 9,630. In Guatemala Yacon is mostly found in: Quiché Department, where 97 percent reside, Chimaltenango Department, where 3 percent reside and Guatemala Department, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Guatemala this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 24 percent reside and Peru, where 1 percent reside.
Yacon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Yacon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Yacon last name rose 550 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yacon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Yacon surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.
The amount Yacon earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 8.7% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,071 per year and in United States they earn 25.01% more than the national average, earning $53,942 USD per year.
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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 Yacon
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