Yekha Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Yekha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Yekha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yekha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yekha (Marathi: येखा) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yekha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 893,754th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 24,291,820 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Yekha reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Other than Malawi it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent are found and Cambodia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yekha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yekha in the Marathi language | ||
| येखा | yekha | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Yekha
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis