Yankan Surname

775,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 366 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Yankan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yankan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast2061:111,9965,656
Thailand891:793,689128,670
Liberia341:129,6639,726
Peru101:3,178,41230,046
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Cameroon61:3,461,511126,814
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

The alternate forms: Yankán (1) are calculated separately.

Yankan (841) may also be a first name.

Yankan Last Name Facts

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

Yankan (Marathi: यंकां) is found most in The Ivory Coast. It may also appear in the variant forms: Yankán. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yankan? popularity and diffusion

Yankan is the 775,315th most common last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 19,911,328 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Yankan reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 30 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 281,453rd most frequently used forename on earth, borne by 841 people.

The surname is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 206 people, or 1 in 111,996. In The Ivory Coast Yankan is primarily found in: Vallée du Bandama District, where 20 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 19 percent live and Montagnes District, where 17 percent live. Other than The Ivory Coast it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 24 percent live and Liberia, where 9 percent live.

Yankan Last Name Statistics demography

Yankan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Peru they earn 51.43% more than the national average, earning S/. 29,354 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Yankan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yankan in the Marathi language
यंकांyankam-

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