Yekiri Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Yekiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Yekiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yekiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yekiri occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yekiri.
How Common Is The Last Name Yekiri? popularity and diffusion
Yekiri is the 5,057,639th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yekiri live; 80 percent live in Central Africa and 80 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yetkiri | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekiri | 91 | 296 | / |
| Yekirieh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Aykiri | 83 | 684 | / |
| Jekiri | 83 | 50 | / |
| Ekkiri | 83 | 43 | / |
| Yekeri | 83 | 26 | / |
| Yekuri | 83 | 13 | / |
| Uekiri | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ekoiri | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ekirui | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ekirii | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ekirai | 83 | 2 | / |
| Oyakiri | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ayakiri | 77 | 10 | / |
| Haykiri | 77 | 8 | / |
| Yeskeri | 77 | 5 | / |
| Jekirui | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ejakiri | 77 | 3 | / |
| Yekkeri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yekhuri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ijekiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aiekiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yekiere | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ayekire | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ayokiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oyekire | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ayikiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awekiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iyokiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekeri | 73 | 434 | / |
| Ekire | 73 | 77 | / |
| Yekaaira | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ayukhiri | 71 | 4 | / |
| Yeskeire | 71 | 3 | / |
| Oyekhire | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ihekairi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Oyakhiri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Haykiriş | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awekoiri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ejakirit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jekeri | 67 | 177 | / |
| Aukiri | 67 | 146 | / |
| Ekkeri | 67 | 80 | / |
| Ejokirhie | 67 | 50 | / |
| Eikeri | 67 | 20 | / |
| Yekere | 67 | 20 | / |
| Yekera | 67 | 15 | / |
| Yekure | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ekeire | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ekeriy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jekuri | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jekiry | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akeiri | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekaire | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekeeri | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eakkaisri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jekire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejokirihe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eckeri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ek'ire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekheri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekerih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejkeri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aqeiri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aikiri | 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
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- 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 Yekiri
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