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 surname Yakayi is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakayi? popularity and diffusion
Yakayi is the 5,587,209th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 commonly used first name globally, borne by 15 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 88 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent reside and Malaysia, where 8 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
- 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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