Yamkam Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Yamkam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 195 | 1:106,508 | 12,495 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Yamkam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamkam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yamkam is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Yamkam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamkam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yamkam is the 1,185,157th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. The surname Yamkam occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yamkam live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 106,508. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 42 percent reside, West Region, where 29 percent reside and Centre Region, where 26 percent reside. Beside Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 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 Yamkam
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