Yankem Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Yankem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Yankem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yankem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yankem is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yankem.
How Common Is The Last Name Yankem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Yankem reside; 44 percent reside in Central Africa and 33 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon Yankem is most prevalent in: Adamawa Region, where 20 percent are found, Far North Region, where 20 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 20 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 33 percent are found and Thailand, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaangkem | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yankim | 83 | 10 | / |
| Jankem | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yamkem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yaangkhem | 80 | 5 | / |
| Yangkim | 77 | 10 | / |
| Jankhem | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ianckem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yongkem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yanchem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yonkeum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yonkheym | 71 | 8 | / |
| Yangchem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jancem | 67 | 3 | / |
| Iancem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jankim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yongkim | 62 | 10 | / |
| Jangkim | 62 | 3 | / |
| Jankhim | 62 | 2 | / |
| Yoonkim | 62 | 1 | / |
| Heankim | 62 | 0 | / |
| Yangchim | 57 | 132 | / |
| Jonkheim | 57 | 14 | / |
| Yongkhim | 57 | 4 | / |
| Jangkhim | 57 | 1 | / |
| Yoongkim | 57 | 1 | / |
| Jonkheijm | 53 | 82 | / |
| Jainekime | 53 | 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 Yankem
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