Yekes Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Yekes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 88 | 1:92,656 | 12,367 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Yekes (37) may also be a first name.
Yekes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yekes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yekes occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yekes? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,994,173rd most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Yekes live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 100 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Yekes is also the 1,688,769th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 37 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 92,656. In Papua New Guinea Yekes is most common in: Jiwaka, where 99 percent are found and Morobe, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yekese | 91 | 68 | / |
| Yeckes | 91 | 49 | / |
| Yekkes | 91 | 3 | / |
| Yekies | 91 | 3 | / |
| Yoekes | 91 | 0 | / |
| Yekess | 91 | 0 | / |
| Ekes | 89 | 553 | / |
| Eckes | 80 | 2,609 | / |
| Eakes | 80 | 2,133 | / |
| Ekkes | 80 | 52 | / |
| Aykes | 80 | 37 | / |
| Eikes | 80 | 17 | / |
| Jekes | 80 | 13 | / |
| Oykes | 80 | 12 | / |
| Yekez | 80 | 8 | / |
| Ekesh | 80 | 5 | / |
| Eykes | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ekees | 80 | 4 | / |
| Yekis | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yeces | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eukes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eekes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iekes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekess | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekehs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekeas | 80 | 0 | / |
| Yeketshe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Heikes | 73 | 1,362 | / |
| Jekese | 73 | 180 | / |
| Heykes | 73 | 81 | / |
| Heakes | 73 | 41 | / |
| Giekes | 73 | 41 | / |
| Eickes | 73 | 38 | / |
| Jeakes | 73 | 33 | / |
| Eckess | 73 | 32 | / |
| Heekes | 73 | 26 | / |
| Haekes | 73 | 12 | / |
| Eijkes | 73 | 10 | / |
| Eakets | 73 | 9 | / |
| Eyikes | 73 | 8 | / |
| Yeches | 73 | 8 | / |
| Ieckes | 73 | 5 | / |
| Hiekes | 73 | 5 | / |
| Jeckes | 73 | 4 | / |
| Goekes | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yeques | 73 | 2 | / |
| Haykes | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jeikes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eyckes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aycees | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yekice | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekehes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Geckes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaekes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eekesh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eakeas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eckees | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jekies | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jekees | 73 | 1 | / |
| Huykes | 73 | 0 | / |
| Eeakes | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hyykes | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ekis | 67 | 656 | / |
| Ayukese | 67 | 104 | / |
| Huyskes | 67 | 78 | / |
| Eaketts | 67 | 69 | / |
| Ekés | 67 | 54 | / |
| Geckeis | 67 | 46 | / |
| Ekeç | 67 | 40 | / |
| Ekeş | 67 | 31 | / |
| Yedkois | 67 | 23 | / |
| Heuskes | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ayekeshova | 67 | 16 | / |
| Eikesås | 67 | 7 | / |
| Goeckes | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eyakese | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jekkeis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heikies | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayakesh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jekheus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hayekis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekeš | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayekech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eqes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekez | 67 | 0 | / |
| Jeuckes | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hawekes | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hayeces | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Yekes
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