Yankpa Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Yankpa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yankpa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yankpa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yankpa is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Yankpa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yankpa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yankpa live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,583,900. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Alibori Department, where 25 percent live, Atakora Department, where 25 percent live and Donga Department, where 25 percent live. Beside Benin this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 13 percent live and The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yannkpa | 92 | 6 | / |
| Yankpai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yankpah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yaounkpa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yankpe | 83 | 213 | / |
| Yonkpa | 83 | 11 | / |
| Yankpi | 83 | 9 | / |
| Jankpa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Yangpa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yankpo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yahounkpa | 80 | 81 | / |
| Yangpat | 77 | 13 | / |
| Yonkpah | 77 | 8 | / |
| Jankpah | 77 | 6 | / |
| Yankpeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yamkpah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yangpai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jankpai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Geankpa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yangphat | 71 | 22 | / |
| Yannkpee | 71 | 9 | / |
| Yangpo | 67 | 18 | / |
| Iangpa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yancpo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yahounkpo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yahoumkpa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yongpa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jamkpa | 67 | 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
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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 Yankpa
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