Yakain Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Yakain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
Yakain (14) may also be a first name.
Yakain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yakain is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakain? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 60 percent of Yakain live; 60 percent live in Oceania Islands and 60 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Yakain is also the 3,024,661st most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 14 people.
This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Yakain is primarily found in: Enga, where 92 percent reside and Madang, where 8 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea Yakain is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 40 percent reside and Indonesia, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Yakain
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