Yaking Surname
Approximately 487 people bear this surname
Yaking Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 476 | 1:17,130 | 1,712 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Yaking (717) may also be a first name.
Yaking Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaking Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yaking occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaking? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 628,294th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 14,964,160 people. The last name Yaking occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Yaking live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 308,274th most widely held given name on earth, held by 717 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 476 people, or 1 in 17,130. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Morobe, where 88 percent are found, Madang, where 5 percent are found and Gulf, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Yaking is found in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent are found and Algeria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yahking | 92 | 8 | / |
| Yakieng | 92 | 4 | / |
| Yadking | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yatking | 92 | 1 | / |
| Jaking | 83 | 50 | / |
| Yakeng | 83 | 49 | / |
| Yoking | 83 | 33 | / |
| Yaqing | 83 | 20 | / |
| Yacing | 83 | 15 | / |
| Yakink | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yotking | 77 | 140 | / |
| Jacking | 77 | 27 | / |
| Jaiking | 77 | 7 | / |
| Joyking | 77 | 3 | / |
| Yaching | 77 | 2 | / |
| Yodking | 77 | 2 | / |
| Jeaking | 77 | 0 | / |
| Heaking | 77 | 0 | / |
| Jeakings | 71 | 78 | / |
| Jaikieng | 71 | 5 | / |
| Geacking | 71 | 0 | / |
| Joking | 67 | 50 | / |
| Yacink | 67 | 10 | / |
| Jakeng | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yokeng | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yaceng | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yoqing | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yaking
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