Yakau Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Yakau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 79 | 1:103,212 | 13,927 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Yakau (75) may also be a first name.
Yakau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yakau (Hindi: ायकौ) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Yakau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,710,039th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name Yakau occurs mostly in Oceania, where 71 percent of Yakau live; 71 percent live in Oceania Islands and 71 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,116,575th most commonly used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 75 people.
This surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 103,212. In Papua New Guinea Yakau is mostly found in: Madang, where 59 percent live, Enga, where 37 percent live and East Sepik, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 16 percent live and Malaysia, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakau in the Hindi language | ||
| ायकौ | ayakau | 50 |
| यकौ | yakau | 50 |
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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 Yakau
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