Yeka Surname
Approximately 9,577 people bear this surname
Yeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 6,600 | 1:14,780 | 2,065 |
| Uganda | 1,101 | 1:35,458 | 4,646 |
| DR Congo | 951 | 1:77,686 | 9,011 |
| India | 630 | 1:1,217,564 | 48,691 |
| Papua New Guinea | 92 | 1:88,627 | 11,768 |
| Cameroon | 51 | 1:407,237 | 34,925 |
| South Africa | 46 | 1:1,177,776 | 67,773 |
| Turkey | 20 | 1:3,891,071 | 97,520 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Yeka (1,142) may also be a first name.
Yeka Demographics
Average Yeka Salary in
South Africa
R 176,544
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Yeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yeka (Marathi: येका) is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 53,335th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 760,942 people. Yeka is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Yeka reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Yeka is also the 235,557th most prevalent first name globally, held by 1,142 people.
The last name is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 6,600 people, or 1 in 14,780. Not including Ethiopia this last name occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 11 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.
Yeka Last Name Statistics demography
Yeka earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.71% less than the national average, earning R 176,544 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yeka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yeka in the Marathi language | ||
| येका | yeka | - |
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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 Yeka
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