Yankep Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Yankep Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 171 | 1:121,457 | 13,881 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Yankep Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yankep Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yankep is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yankep? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yankep is the 1,305,105th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name Yankep occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yankep reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 121,457. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 42 percent live, Littoral Region, where 36 percent live and West Region, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Yankep
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