Yakunu Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Yakunu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Yakunu (153) may also be a first name.
Yakunu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakunu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yakunu is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Yakunu.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakunu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,432,070th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name Yakunu occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 88 percent of Yakunu reside; 88 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 88 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Yakunu is also the 743,570th most commonly held given name throughout the world, held by 153 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 281,163. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Hela, where 93 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 3 percent live and Madang, where 3 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
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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 Yakunu
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