Yarkwan Surname
Approximately 1,309 people bear this surname
Yarkwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,308 | 1:135,430 | 8,751 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Yarkwan (296) may also be a first name.
Yarkwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yarkwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yarkwan is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Yarkwan.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarkwan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 292,126th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,567,262 people. Yarkwan is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yarkwan are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yarkwan is also the 512,632nd most commonly held first name globally, borne by 296 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,308 people, or 1 in 135,430. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 91 percent are found, Taraba, where 4 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Yarkwan is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Yarkwan
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