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
The last name Yekee is found most frequently in Liberia. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Yekee.
How Common Is The Last Name Yekee? popularity and diffusion
Yekee is the 2,121,169th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Yekee live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname Yekee is most widespread in Liberia, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 76,009. In Liberia it is most common in: Montserrado County, where 84 percent live, Bomi County, where 12 percent live and Lofa County, where 2 percent live. Barring Liberia this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 10 percent live and Uganda, where 9 percent live.
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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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