Yekiso Surname

708,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 414 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Yekiso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yekiso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4001:135,44415,711
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397

Yekiso (11) may also be a first name.

Yekiso Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yekiso is most common in South Africa. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yekiso? popularity and diffusion

It is the 708,658th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 17,602,768 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Yekiso reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Yekiso is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 11 people.

Yekiso is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 400 people, or 1 in 135,444. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 31 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 30 percent are found and Gauteng, where 21 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Yekiso Last Name Statistics demography

Yekiso earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.03% less than the national average, earning R 125,880 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekiso9186/
Ekoiso83112/
Yekisa839/
Yekeso833/
Gekiso832/
Ekioso831/
Ekaiso831/
Yekesho772/
Jeukiso770/
Ekisa735,362/
Ekeso7389/
Ekizo7330/
Eyecisoy719/
Yekessou711/
Ekiossou711/
Eyakisuo711/
Yekeisha711/
Ekissa67107/
Jekisa6747/
Ekesoy6717/
Ekeaso677/
Gekisa676/
Jekeso674/
Geciso671/
Ekizio671/
Yekeco671/
Gekeso671/
Ekaisa671/

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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 Yekiso
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