Yateng Surname
Approximately 503 people bear this surname
Yateng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 476 | 1:17,130 | 1,712 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Yateng (942) may also be a first name.
Yateng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yateng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yateng is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yateng? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yateng is the 613,453rd most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 14,488,163 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Yateng are found; 95 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 263,269th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 942 people.
The surname Yateng is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 476 people, or 1 in 17,130. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Morobe, where 95 percent reside, Gulf, where 1 percent reside and Western Highlands, where 1 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Yateng
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