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 more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yankpa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yankpa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yankpa is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Yankpa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yankpa reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Yankpa is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,583,900. In Benin Yankpa is primarily found in: Alibori Department, where 25 percent are found, Atakora Department, where 25 percent are found and Donga Department, where 25 percent are found. Besides Benin this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found.
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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