Yankaba Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Yankaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yankaba (27) may also be a first name.
Yankaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yankaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yankaba is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yankaba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Yankaba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yankaba are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Yankaba is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 27 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 551,067. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent are found. Beside Liberia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 40 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yankabai | 93 | 1 | / |
| Yankabah | 93 | 1 | / |
| Yankhaba | 93 | 1 | / |
| Yankabhai | 88 | 81 | / |
| Yankoba | 86 | 39 | / |
| Jankaba | 86 | 3 | / |
| Yankabi | 86 | 2 | / |
| Yankabe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yankouba | 80 | 6 | / |
| Yankaboy | 80 | 5 | / |
| Jankabai | 80 | 4 | / |
| Yankobah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yankhoba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jankabhai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yancoba | 71 | 120 | / |
| Yankavi | 71 | 44 | / |
| Aiyankhoba | 71 | 19 | / |
| Yankobe | 71 | 18 | / |
| Ayiankhoba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jankoba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yancouba | 67 | 21 | / |
| Jankampa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yankoboy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jankabee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yankampe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Yankaba
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