Yekerson Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Yekerson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yekerson Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia291:152,01810,911
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yekerson (11) may also be a first name.

Yekerson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yekerson Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Yekerson is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yekerson? popularity and diffusion

Yekerson is the 3,602,217th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Yekerson are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 11 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 152,018. In Liberia Yekerson is most frequent in: Bong County, where 41 percent are found, Maryland County, where 28 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 17 percent are found. Other than Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekerson9348/
Eckerson88923/
Eickerson821/
Jeskerson820/
Ekersen800/
Hieckerson780/
Aikerson7556/
Eckersen7534/
Aukerson750/
Haukerson710/
Aukersen630/
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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 Yekerson
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