Yakowa Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Yakowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Yakowa (40) may also be a first name.
Yakowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yakowa is most common in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yakowa is the 2,718,172nd most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Yakowa are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yakowa is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 40 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 3,690,474. In Nigeria Yakowa is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 71 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 19 percent reside and Lagos, where 4 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, 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 Yakowa
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