Yakoa Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Yakoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 62 | 1:131,512 | 18,033 |
| Thailand | 36 | 1:1,962,176 | 235,280 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Yakoa (15) may also be a first name.
Yakoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yakoa occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakoa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yakoa is the 1,839,022nd most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 61 percent of Yakoa reside; 61 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 61 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 15 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 131,512. In Papua New Guinea Yakoa is primarily concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 68 percent reside, Morobe, where 19 percent reside and Hela, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 36 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Yakoa
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