Yakanga Surname

714,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 409 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Yakanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yakanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo4041:182,87018,550
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Yakanga (18) may also be a first name.

Yakanga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yakanga Come From? nationality or country of origin

Yakanga is most common in The DR Congo. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yakanga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 714,947th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,817,961 people. The last name Yakanga occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yakanga reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Yakanga is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 18 people.

Yakanga is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 404 people, or 1 in 182,870. Excluding The DR Congo Yakanga occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 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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  • 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 Yakanga
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