Yankeu Surname
Approximately 587 people bear this surname
Yankeu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 582 | 1:35,686 | 4,805 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yankeu (33) may also be a first name.
Yankeu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yankeu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yankeu is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yankeu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yankeu is the 545,543rd most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 12,414,899 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yankeu reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Yankeu is also the 1,807,719th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 33 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 582 people, or 1 in 35,686. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 41 percent live, Centre Region, where 38 percent live and West Region, where 16 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 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 Yankeu
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