Yankam Surname

252,652nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Yankam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yankam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,4931:13,9111,904
India361:21,307,372304,812
France121:5,535,227269,324
England71:7,959,723202,100
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Yankam (43) may also be a first name.

Yankam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yankam Come From? nationality or country of origin

Yankam (Marathi: यंकम, Tibetan: གཡང་ཀམོ།) is most common in Cameroon. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yankam? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 252,652nd most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,653,605 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Yankam are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 43 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,493 people, or 1 in 13,911. In Cameroon Yankam is most common in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent reside, Centre Region, where 30 percent reside and West Region, where 21 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Yankam exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Yankam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Yankam has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yankame9223/
Yangkam9221/
Yankamm9221/
Yankham924/
Yiankam921/
Yangkham86538/
Jankam83189/
Yonkam83105/
Yancam832/
Jankham77290/
Jangkam7734/
Yamkham778/
Yankoum775/
Yongkam774/
Yankome774/
Yangkom773/
Hiankam771/
Ayonkam771/
Yongkham7147/
Jangkham715/
Jhankham712/
Jiangkam712/
Heankham711/
Yangkoum711/
Jaankaam711/
Yomkam6711/
Jankom679/
Jancam677/
Jonkam677/
Jiangkham674/

Yankam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yankam in the Marathi language
यंकमyankama93.55
शंकरsankara3.23
यकमyakama3.23
Yankam in the Tibetan language
གཡང་ཀམོ།yangkamo66.67
གཡང་ཀམ།yangkam33.33

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yankam
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