Yakayi Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Yakayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Yakayi (15) may also be a first name.
Yakayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yakayi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yakayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakayi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Yakayi is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Yakayi reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yakayi is also the 2,900,335th most widely held given name on earth. It is borne by 15 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Yakayi is most prevalent in: Borno, where 88 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Yakayi is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found and Malaysia, where 8 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 Yakayi
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