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

The surname Yankam (Marathi: यंकम, Tibetan: གཡང་ཀམོ།) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yankam? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 252,652nd most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 4,653,605 people. Yankam occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Yankam reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 43 people.

The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,493 people, or 1 in 13,911. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent are found, Centre Region, where 30 percent are found and West Region, where 21 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Yankam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Yankam has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Yankam last name rose 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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