Yarkah Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Yarkah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 273 | 1:16,148 | 1,680 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Yarkah (11) may also be a first name.
Yarkah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yarkah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yarkah occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarkah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yarkah is the 945,594th most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yarkah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 11 people.
This surname is most frequent in Liberia, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 16,148. In Liberia Yarkah is most prevalent in: Nimba County, where 53 percent live, Rivercess County, where 27 percent live and Montserrado County, where 17 percent live. Excluding Liberia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yarkhah | 92 | 54 | / |
| Yarkash | 92 | 5 | / |
| Yarka | 91 | 728 | / |
| Yarkay | 83 | 190 | / |
| Yarkho | 83 | 170 | / |
| Yarkai | 83 | 52 | / |
| Jarkah | 83 | 34 | / |
| Yareka | 83 | 11 | / |
| Yarkat | 83 | 9 | / |
| Yarkoh | 83 | 5 | / |
| Yarkha | 83 | 4 | / |
| Yarkas | 83 | 3 | / |
| Yarkoa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yarkaç | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yarquah | 77 | 1,258 | / |
| Yarekha | 77 | 81 | / |
| Jarkach | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yarkhay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yarkhat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iarkaha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yarkouh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yarkhau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jarka | 73 | 1,992 | / |
| Yarko | 73 | 1,093 | / |
| Yorka | 73 | 279 | / |
| Yarca | 73 | 11 | / |
| Yarqa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iarka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yarkchey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yarkquai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jarkad | 67 | 361 | / |
| Yarkey | 67 | 58 | / |
| Yareca | 67 | 56 | / |
| Yarkoi | 67 | 37 | / |
| Jarkho | 67 | 17 | / |
| Jarkoh | 67 | 16 | / |
| Yorkoh | 67 | 12 | / |
| Yorkaa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Yarkou | 67 | 7 | / |
| Yarkei | 67 | 6 | / |
| Eyorka | 67 | 5 | / |
| Jarkai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jarkay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jyarko | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ayorka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Earqah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yareko | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jarkha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jarkka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yorkai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yarkoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yorrka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yorkea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaggirkau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yiorka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jarqah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jarkau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jairka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yarqat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jahrka | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gearka | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Yarkah
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