Yakep Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

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

Yakep Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yakep Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1271:64,2028,352
Cameroon1061:195,93520,315
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Yakep (50) may also be a first name.

Yakep Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yakep is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yakep? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,058,336th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. Yakep occurs mostly in Oceania, where 54 percent of Yakep are found; 54 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 54 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,412,538th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 50 people.

The last name Yakep is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 64,202. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Hela, where 48 percent are found, Southern Highlands, where 18 percent are found and Enga, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 45 percent are found and Luxembourg, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yakaep915/
Hyakep912/
Yackep912/
Yakp891/
Yakpe802,945/
Yakip8064/
Yakeb8012/
Jakep802/
Yakpt801/
Yakhp801/
Yokep801/
Yakaip7355/
Yakeev7329/
Yacoep7315/
Yakhev7312/
Yakoip738/
Yokepe731/
Yakeeb731/
Yakipe731/
Hyakev731/
Yakheev6788/
Eakp672/
Yakb672/
Iakp671/
Yagp671/
Yokp671/
Yacheep671/
Jakp671/

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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 Yakep
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