Where Does The Last Name Yaks Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Yaks (Russian: Якс) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yaks.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaks? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Yaks is the 650,013^th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 15,672,142 people. The surname Yaks occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Yaks are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 289,538^th most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 799 people.

The surname Yaks is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 321 people, or 1 in 551,847. In Nigeria Yaks is mostly found in: Plateau, where 76 percent are found, Adamawa, where 6 percent are found and Taraba, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.