Yankap Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Yankap Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 131 | 1:158,543 | 17,246 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yankap (15) may also be a first name.
Yankap Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yankap Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yankap is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yankap? popularity and diffusion
Yankap is the 1,558,593rd most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yankap are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Yankap is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 15 people.
The surname Yankap is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 158,543. In Cameroon Yankap is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent reside, West Region, where 28 percent reside and Centre Region, where 26 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yankapp | 92 | 35 | / |
| Yangkap | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yankape | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yankaphe | 86 | 6 | / |
| Yankab | 83 | 63 | / |
| Yankop | 83 | 11 | / |
| Yonkap | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yangkop | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yankabh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yoonkap | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yankoupe | 71 | 23 | / |
| Yankob | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yannekopp | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jankab | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yamkop | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jankav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jankops | 62 | 5 | / |
| Jangkop | 62 | 4 | / |
| Yongkop | 62 | 1 | / |
| Geankop | 62 | 1 | / |
| Yankoov | 62 | 1 | / |
| Jangkab | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ujjankop | 57 | 11 | / |
| Yonkov | 50 | 1,110 | / |
| Iankov | 50 | 117 | / |
| Jankob | 50 | 10 | / |
| Jassenkopf | 50 | 6 | / |
| Yancov | 50 | 3 | / |
| Yancob | 50 | 2 | / |
| Janqab | 50 | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Yankap
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