Yekken Surname
Approximately 902 people bear this surname
Yekken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 682 | 1:56,645 | 9,575 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Yekken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yekken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yekken is found in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Yekken.
How Common Is The Last Name Yekken? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yekken is the 392,160th most frequently used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 8,079,319 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yekken are found; 95 percent are found in North Africa and 95 percent are found in Mahgreb.
The last name Yekken is most frequent in Algeria, where it is carried by 682 people, or 1 in 56,645. In Algeria it is most prevalent in: Mascara Province, where 47 percent reside, Batna Province, where 27 percent reside and Biskra Province, where 26 percent reside. Outside of Algeria Yekken is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 19 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Yekken
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