Yarkor Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Yarkor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 43 | 1:102,524 | 8,134 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yarkor (10) may also be a first name.
Yarkor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yarkor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yarkor is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarkor? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yarkor is the 2,944,094th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yarkor live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Yarkor is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 10 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 102,524. In Liberia Yarkor is most prevalent in: Bong County, where 28 percent live, Rivercess County, where 21 percent live and Montserrado County, where 19 percent live. Excluding Liberia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkor | 83 | 199 | / |
| Yarkar | 83 | 154 | / |
| Yarkur | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yarcor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yarekar | 77 | 19 | / |
| Yorkour | 77 | 8 | / |
| Ayorkor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jarkhor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yaarkur | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yarkure | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yağarkar | 71 | 38 | / |
| Aayarkar | 71 | 6 | / |
| Aiyarkar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jorkor | 67 | 86 | / |
| Iorkor | 67 | 80 | / |
| Jarkar | 67 | 79 | / |
| Iarkar | 67 | 12 | / |
| Earkar | 67 | 8 | / |
| Aiyarekar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yorkur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yarqar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jharkar | 62 | 2,696 | / |
| Yorkurt | 62 | 17 | / |
| Yarcure | 62 | 8 | / |
| Ojorkor | 62 | 1 | / |
| Jarcord | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gearkar | 62 | 0 | / |
| Ojharkar | 57 | 31 | / |
| Jaharkar | 57 | 1 | / |
| Hijarkar | 57 | 1 | / |
| Hiearkar | 57 | 1 | / |
| Gujharkar | 53 | 1 | / |
| Iorkur | 50 | 35 | / |
| Yorkar | 50 | 2 | / |
| Jarqar | 50 | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Yarkor
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