Yakeng Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yakeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yakeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
Cameroon171:1,221,71073,195
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Yakeng (51) may also be a first name.

Yakeng Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yakeng Come From? nationality or country of origin

Yakeng is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yakeng? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,776,799th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name Yakeng is mostly found in Oceania, where 61 percent of Yakeng reside; 61 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 61 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 51 people.

It is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Morobe, where 50 percent are found and Western, where 50 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 35 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yakieng924/
Yaking83487/
Jakeng838/
Yokeng838/
Yaceng835/
Yokkeng7752/
Yahking778/
Jaikeng777/
Yacheng774/
Yadking771/
Yatking771/
Yiokeng771/
Jaikieng715/
Jaikaeng713/
Ajiokeng712/
Jaikheng711/
Jokeng6751/
Jaking6750/
Yoking6733/
Yaqing6720/
Yacing6715/
Jaceng6710/
Jiakcheng671/
Yakink671/
Yakenkova671/

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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 Yakeng
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