Yaks Surname
Approximately 465 people bear this surname
Yaks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 321 | 1:551,847 | 26,913 |
| Papua New Guinea | 133 | 1:61,306 | 7,931 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Yaks (799) may also be a first name.
Yaks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yaks (Russian: Якс) is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yaks.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaks? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 650,013th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,672,142 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Yaks reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 289,538th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 799 people.
The surname Yaks is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 321 people, or 1 in 551,847. In Nigeria Yaks is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 76 percent live, Adamawa, where 6 percent live and Taraba, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yakes | 89 | 587 | / |
| Yacks | 89 | 334 | / |
| Yakse | 89 | 189 | / |
| Yaksh | 89 | 86 | / |
| Yoaks | 89 | 4 | / |
| Yaaks | 89 | 0 | / |
| Yakesh | 80 | 96 | / |
| Yakshe | 80 | 32 | / |
| Yakhsh | 80 | 21 | / |
| Yackes | 80 | 15 | / |
| Yaksch | 80 | 5 | / |
| Yakhes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jaks | 75 | 683 | / |
| Yoks | 75 | 102 | / |
| Yakz | 75 | 4 | / |
| Iaks | 75 | 3 | / |
| Yakx | 75 | 3 | / |
| Yags | 75 | 2 | / |
| Yakesse | 73 | 438 | / |
| Yakesch | 73 | 50 | / |
| Yaksova | 73 | 11 | / |
| Jacks | 67 | 11,775 | / |
| Yakshova | 67 | 238 | / |
| Jakse | 67 | 236 | / |
| Yakız | 67 | 184 | / |
| Yocks | 67 | 95 | / |
| Iacks | 67 | 88 | / |
| Jaaks | 67 | 56 | / |
| Jaksz | 67 | 54 | / |
| Yackx | 67 | 54 | / |
| Yoksh | 67 | 52 | / |
| Yokse | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jaksh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jakks | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yokst | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jakst | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jakss | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yokcs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yakez | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yaqus | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yagse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ayoks | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jeaks | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jaiks | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iakes | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jakcs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yakhz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yakşe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jakës | 67 | 1 | / |
| Giaks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yachs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eaksh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jiaks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajoks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eaaks | 67 | 0 | / |
| Jauks | 67 | 0 | / |
| Yagst | 67 | 0 | / |
| Geaks | 67 | 0 | / |
Yaks Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaks in the Russian language | ||
| Якс | aks | - |
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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 Yaks
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