Yankari Surname

241,646th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yankari Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yankari Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,6191:109,4157,309
Benin191:543,97934,804
India81:95,883,173728,828
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yankari (101) may also be a first name.

Yankari Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yankari (Hindi: यांकरी) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yankari? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 241,646th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 4,408,679 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yankari live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 940,641st most commonly held given name internationally It is held by 101 people.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,619 people, or 1 in 109,415. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Yobe, where 60 percent live, Imo, where 12 percent live and Gombe, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Yankari Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Yankari last name is predominantly Muslim (90%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Yankari Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yankari in the Hindi language
यांकरीyankari-

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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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  • 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 Yankari
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