Yañac Surname
Approximately 891 people bear this surname
Yañac Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 887 | 1:35,833 | 3,459 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
The alternate forms: Yanac (3,741), Yáñac (1), Yanaç (239) & Yánac (1) are calculated separately.
Yañac Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yañac Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yañac has its highest incidence in Peru. It may appear as a variant: Yanac, Yáñac, Yanaç or Yánac. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yañac? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 395,841st most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 8,179,064 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Yañac reside; 100 percent reside in South America and 100 percent reside in Andean South America.
It is most widely held in Peru, where it is borne by 887 people, or 1 in 35,833. In Peru it is mostly concentrated in: Huancavelica Region, where 29 percent live, Lima Province, where 22 percent live and Junín Region, where 21 percent live. Excluding Peru this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Chile, where 0 percent live.
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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 Yañac
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