Yakwal Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Yakwal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 106 | 1:1,671,158 | 61,739 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Yakwal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakwal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yakwal is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakwal? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,775,494th most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yakwal reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 1,671,158. In Nigeria Yakwal is most common in: Plateau, where 85 percent reside, Kaduna, where 10 percent reside and Lagos, where 2 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yakwale | 92 | 96 | / |
| Yankwal | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yaykwal | 92 | 1 | / |
| Jyakwal | 92 | 1 | / |
| Jakwal | 83 | 5 | / |
| Iakwal | 83 | 5 | / |
| Jakhwal | 77 | 214 | / |
| Jaikwal | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ieakwal | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jakwale | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jaykwal | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yagual | 67 | 14,513 | / |
| Jagwal | 67 | 4,028 | / |
| Jakual | 67 | 16 | / |
| Jokwal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yakuol | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yascual | 62 | 491 | / |
| Jangwal | 62 | 190 | / |
| Yazcual | 62 | 6 | / |
| Yaghbal | 62 | 1 | / |
| Jakkual | 62 | 1 | / |
| Jagval | 50 | 23 | / |
| Jagual | 50 | 6 | / |
| Jokual | 50 | 5 | / |
| Jagbal | 50 | 2 | / |
| Yagbol | 50 | 1 | / |
| Jaqual | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Yakwal
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