Yekenin Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Yekenin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Yekenin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yekenin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yekenin is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yekenin click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yekenin? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Yekenin occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yekenin live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Yekenin is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 33 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 Yekenin
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