Yankaya Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Yankaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 211 | 1:368,822 | 22,921 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
Yankaya (12) may also be a first name.
Yankaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yankaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yankaya (Marathi: यंकया) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yankaya? popularity and diffusion
Yankaya is the 1,098,270th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Yankaya reside; 83 percent reside in West Asia and 83 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous given name at a global level It is held by 12 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 368,822. In Turkey it is most common in: Kahramanmaras Province, where 36 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 18 percent reside and Istanbul Province, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Turkey Yankaya is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yankaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yankaya in the Marathi language | ||
| यंकया | yankaya | 70 |
| यंकैया | yankaiya | 10 |
| एंकाया | enkaya | 10 |
| यन्कया | yankaya | 10 |
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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 Yankaya
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