Yekame Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Yekame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 55 | 1:187,920 | 18,137 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yekame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yekame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yekame occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yekame? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yekame is the 2,530,696th most numerous last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Yekame is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yekame are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 187,920. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 62 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 33 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 5 percent are found. Beside Benin Yekame exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Yekame
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