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 last name Yeka (Marathi: येका) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeka? popularity and diffusion
Yeka is the 53,335th most numerous last name globally, borne by around 1 in 760,942 people. Yeka occurs predominantly 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 frequently held given name throughout the world, held by 1,142 people.
Yeka is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 6,600 people, or 1 in 14,780. Other than Ethiopia it exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 11 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found.
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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