Yakay Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Yakay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 68 | 1:1,144,433 | 49,465 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yakay (10) may also be a first name.
Yakay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yakay occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Yakay.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakay? popularity and diffusion
Yakay is the 2,106,139th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Yakay reside; 83 percent reside in West Asia and 83 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Yakay is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name in the world. It is borne by 10 people.
It is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 1,144,433. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Kocaeli Province, where 43 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 19 percent are found and Antalya Province, where 10 percent are found. Besides Turkey this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 11 percent are found and The Philippines, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Yakay
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