Yekimi Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Yekimi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yekimi (17) may also be a first name.
Yekimi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yekimi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yekimi is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yekimi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,055,934th most common surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. Yekimi is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yekimi are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yekimi is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name globally, held by 17 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria Yekimi is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 29 percent live, Lagos, where 26 percent live and Oyo, where 21 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeskimi | 92 | 9 | / |
| Yekimmi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekimi | 91 | 76 | / |
| Jekimi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Yekemi | 83 | 3 | / |
| Yekumi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yekima | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aykimi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eyikimi | 77 | 483 | / |
| Ayikimi | 77 | 95 | / |
| Oyekemi | 77 | 58 | / |
| Iyokimi | 77 | 30 | / |
| Ayekemi | 77 | 19 | / |
| Yekeime | 77 | 12 | / |
| Iyekima | 77 | 4 | / |
| Owekimi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Jeckimi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Uyakimi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yekaime | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yekieme | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yekijme | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ayakimi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekemi | 73 | 240 | / |
| Ekime | 73 | 93 | / |
| Eqimi | 73 | 10 | / |
| Ekimy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyechimi | 71 | 13 | / |
| Oyekeumi | 71 | 7 | / |
| Aiyekemi | 71 | 7 | / |
| Yeskeymi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ayokaimi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ayechimi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Iyekhime | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yekeme | 67 | 210 | / |
| Aikimi | 67 | 56 | / |
| Jekime | 67 | 21 | / |
| Yekema | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akeimi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aekemi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iekima | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekemmi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekimea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iekemi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoyechimi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yekimi
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