Yankam Surname
Approximately 1,566 people bear this surname
Yankam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,493 | 1:13,911 | 1,904 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yankame | 92 | 23 | / |
| Yangkam | 92 | 21 | / |
| Yankamm | 92 | 21 | / |
| Yankham | 92 | 4 | / |
| Yiankam | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yangkham | 86 | 538 | / |
| Jankam | 83 | 189 | / |
| Yonkam | 83 | 105 | / |
| Yancam | 83 | 2 | / |
| Jankham | 77 | 290 | / |
| Jangkam | 77 | 34 | / |
| Yamkham | 77 | 8 | / |
| Yankoum | 77 | 5 | / |
| Yongkam | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yankome | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yangkom | 77 | 3 | / |
| Hiankam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ayonkam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yongkham | 71 | 47 | / |
| Jangkham | 71 | 5 | / |
| Jhankham | 71 | 2 | / |
| Jiangkam | 71 | 2 | / |
| Heankham | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yangkoum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jaankaam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yomkam | 67 | 11 | / |
| Jankom | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jancam | 67 | 7 | / |
| Jonkam | 67 | 7 | / |
| Jiangkham | 67 | 4 | / |
Yankam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yankam in the Marathi language | ||
| यंकम | yankama | 93.55 |
| शंकर | sankara | 3.23 |
| यकम | yakama | 3.23 |
| Yankam in the Tibetan language | ||
| གཡང་ཀམོ། | yangkamo | 66.67 |
| གཡང་ཀམ། | yangkam | 33.33 |
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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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- 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 Yankam
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