Yakke Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Yakke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Yakke (20) may also be a first name.
Yakke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yakke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻙ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Yakke are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 45 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yakke is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 20 people.
The surname Yakke is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Yakke is primarily found in: Zamfara, where 100 percent live. Beside Nigeria Yakke is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 36 percent live and Cameroon, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﻙ | yak | - |
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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 Yakke
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