Yamakai Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Yamakai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 36 | 1:3,551,230 | 35,163 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Yamakai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamakai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yamakai occurs most in Japan. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamakai? popularity and diffusion
Yamakai is the 2,483,783rd most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Yamakai reside; 60 percent reside in East Asia and 60 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
It is most prevalent in Japan, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 3,551,230. In Japan it is most frequent in: Nagasaki Prefecture, where 97 percent reside and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Japan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent reside and Cameroon, 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
- 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 Yamakai
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