Yakene Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Yakene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Algeria | 9 | 1:4,292,395 | 48,087 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Yakene (20) may also be a first name.
Yakene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yakene occurs most in Cameroon. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yakene.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakene? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,555,468th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name Yakene is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Yakene live; 42 percent live in Central Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 20 people.
Yakene is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 865,378. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: West Region, where 79 percent are found, Centre Region, where 8 percent are found and East Region, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Yakene occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent are found and Algeria, where 16 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
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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 Yakene
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