Yakon Surname
Approximately 364 people bear this surname
Yakon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 131 | 1:404,134 | 28,508 |
| Papua New Guinea | 115 | 1:70,902 | 9,258 |
| Thailand | 69 | 1:1,023,744 | 155,957 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
Yakon (253) may also be a first name.
Yakon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yakon (Arabic: ياقون, Marathi: याकोन, Russian: Якон) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Yakon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 778,856th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 20,020,731 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 41 percent of Yakon are found; 36 percent are found in East Africa and 36 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Yakon is also the 560,146th most common first name world-wide, held by 253 people.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 404,134. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Arusha Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent are found and Thailand, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakon in the Marathi language | ||
| याकोन | yakona | - |
| Yakon in the Russian language | ||
| Якон | akon | - |
| Yakon in the Arabic language | ||
| ياقون | yaqwn | - |
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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 Yakon
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