Yankee Surname
Approximately 6,110 people bear this surname
Yankee Surname Definition:
(Dutch) Descendant of little Jan (gracious gift of Jehovah); one who came from Holland; a name sometimes applied to a stranger.
Yankee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,905 | 1:29,999 | 2,521 |
| Philippines | 65 | 1:1,557,511 | 106,526 |
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Panama | 20 | 1:195,613 | 5,661 |
| Iran | 20 | 1:3,839,126 | 105,129 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 177 | 1:283,721 | 22,815 |
Yankee (2,030) may also be a first name.
Yankee Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Dutch) Descendant of little Jan (gracious gift of Jehovah); one who came from Holland; a name sometimes applied to a stranger.
Yankee Demographics
Average Yankee Salary in
Canada
$35,046 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Yankee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yankee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yankee (Arabic: يانكي, Tibetan: དབྱངས་སྐྱིད་) occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yankee? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 79,801st most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,192,724 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Yankee reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 167,576th most frequent given name internationally It is held by 2,030 people.
The last name Yankee is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,905 people, or 1 in 29,999. In Nigeria Yankee is mostly concentrated in: Anambra, where 87 percent live, Imo, where 5 percent live and Bayelsa, where 2 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 1 percent live and Liberia, where 0 percent live.
Yankee Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Yankee last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Yankee earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 29.46% less than the national average, earning $35,046 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yankee Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yankee in the Tibetan language | ||
| དབྱངས་སྐྱིད་ | yangkyi | 50 |
| དབྱངས་སྐྱིད། | yangkyi | 50 |
| Yankee in the Arabic language | ||
| يانكي | yanky | - |
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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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