Yakai Surname
Approximately 653 people bear this surname
Yakai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 286 | 1:28,510 | 3,229 |
| Japan | 159 | 1:804,052 | 18,160 |
| India | 72 | 1:10,653,686 | 201,049 |
| Indonesia | 48 | 1:2,755,192 | 158,430 |
| Ivory Coast | 37 | 1:623,547 | 18,271 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Yakai (536) may also be a first name.
Yakai Demographics
Yakai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Yakai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yakai (Marathi: याकई) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Yakai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakai? popularity and diffusion
Yakai is the 503,100th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,160,101 people. Yakai occurs mostly in Oceania, where 51 percent of Yakai live; 51 percent live in Oceania Islands and 51 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Yakai is also the 364,183rd most common first name on earth, borne by 536 people.
The surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 286 people, or 1 in 28,510. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 59 percent are found, Southern Highlands, where 12 percent are found and Enga, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 24 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.
Yakai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Yakai last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakai in the Marathi language | ||
| याकई | yaka'i | - |
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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 Yakai
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