Yauka Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yauka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yauka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea2191:37,2324,479
India161:47,941,586492,263
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Yauka (108) may also be a first name.

Yauka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yauka is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yauka? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 996,001st most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 87 percent of Yauka live; 87 percent live in Oceania Islands and 87 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 904,892nd most frequent forename globally It is held by 108 people.

The surname Yauka is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 37,232. In Papua New Guinea Yauka is primarily concentrated in: Northern, where 44 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 17 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 12 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent live and Uganda, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yaukah913/
Yaukka911/
Yaukas911/
Yahouka831/
Yaoka80273/
Yauca80118/
Youka80117/
Yauki8027/
Yauke8022/
Yauko8015/
Iauka8011/
Yaouke73390/
Yaukey73139/
Iaukea7375/
Yaucat7359/
Youkay7345/
Ioyuka7322/
Youkai7319/
Yaueca7313/
Youkka737/
Youkaj737/
Yaucke735/
Yaouki733/
Yaokai732/
Yahuca732/
Yaukeu731/
Youkah731/
Yaouca731/
Youkha731/
Youkga731/
Yahuke730/
Yaukke730/
Yaukee730/
Jahudka6741/
Jahutka6729/
Yahutko674/
Hyoukap672/
Yohouka672/
Youkhas671/
Aiyouka671/
Yaoukou671/
Yehouka671/
Yaushko671/
Jahukay671/
Youkatt671/
Yahaoka671/
Yaucker670/

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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 Yauka
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