Yekee Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Yekee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 58 | 1:76,009 | 6,407 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yekee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yekee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yekee occurs most in Liberia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yekee? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,121,169th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name Yekee is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Yekee live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 76,009. In Liberia Yekee is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 84 percent reside, Bomi County, where 12 percent reside and Lofa County, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Liberia it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 10 percent reside and Uganda, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Yekee
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