Yankoa Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Yankoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Yankoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yankoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yankoa is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yankoa? popularity and diffusion
Yankoa is the 5,587,209th most common surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yankoa reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 83 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 91 percent reside and Far North Region, where 9 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Yankoa
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