Yankus Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Russia

Yankus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yankus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2291:1,582,790106,555
Russia1101:1,310,21093,437
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Yankus (12) may also be a first name.

Yankus Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yankus Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Yankus (Russian: Янкус) is most common in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yankus? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 785,023rd most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Yankus reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Yankus is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name internationally, held by 12 people.

The surname Yankus is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 229 people, or 1 in 1,582,790. In The United States Yankus is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 14 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 13 percent reside and Connecticut, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The United States Yankus occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 31 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Yankus Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Orthodox (83%) in Russia.

In The United States Yankus are 7.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.72% being registered with the political party.

Yankus earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.61% more than the national average, earning $46,864 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yankush9233/
Yankous9229/
Yankaus9212/
Yanckous864/
Jankus831,326/
Yonkus83114/
Yankos8366/
Iankus8328/
Yancus831/
Jankuse7713/
Yiankos7712/
Iankous776/
Jankaus772/
Jankusz771/
Jankuss771/
Yongkus770/
Jankuits711/
Yankuche711/
Giankous711/
Yancos671,364/
Jonkus67577/
Jankos6741/
Jankusová6735/
Yonkos6734/
Jancus6730/
Jankuš679/
Jankusova676/
Iancus674/
Iankos672/
Ionkus672/
Iamkus671/
Jankuś671/

Yankus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yankus in the Russian language
Янкусankus-

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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 Yankus
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