Yekana Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Yekana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
Yekana (13) may also be a first name.
Yekana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yekana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yekana (Marathi: येकना) is most common in Indonesia. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yekana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,274,477th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. Yekana occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Yekana live; 42 percent live in Southeast Asia and 42 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Yekana is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 13 people.
It is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 8,816,613. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 100 percent live. Besides Indonesia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 36 percent live and South Africa, where 22 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yekana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yekana in the Marathi language | ||
| येकना | yekana | - |
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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 Yekana
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