Yekedo Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Yekedo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 72 | 1:143,550 | 15,098 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Yèkèdo (1) are calculated separately.
Yekedo (11) may also be a first name.
Yekedo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yekedo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yekedo has its highest incidence in Benin. It can appear in the variant forms: Yèkèdo. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yekedo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,136,387th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Yekedo occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Yekedo live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 11 people.
The last name Yekedo is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 143,550. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 88 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 6 percent are found and Zou Department, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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 Yekedo
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