Yekonia Surname
Approximately 1,084 people bear this surname
Yekonia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,063 | 1:49,804 | 5,538 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Yekonia (2,397) may also be a first name.
Yekonia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yekonia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yekonia is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yekonia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 339,249th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 6,722,828 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yekonia reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Yekonia is also the 151,602nd most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 2,397 people.
The last name Yekonia is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,063 people, or 1 in 49,804. In Tanzania Yekonia is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 54 percent are found, Katavi Region, where 21 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 10 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Yekonia is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekonia | 92 | 577 | / |
| Jekonia | 86 | 599 | / |
| Eckonia | 86 | 2 | / |
| Yeconia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Jeckonia | 80 | 63 | / |
| Jekoniah | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ekonya | 77 | 345 | / |
| Eqonia | 77 | 55 | / |
| Ekania | 77 | 33 | / |
| Ekunia | 77 | 16 | / |
| Econia | 77 | 15 | / |
| Jeckoniah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jeckonias | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jeconia | 71 | 232 | / |
| Yekenya | 71 | 173 | / |
| Yekunya | 71 | 8 | / |
| Geconia | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ekhania | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekaniha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Iikonia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yekanya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eukania | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jeconias | 67 | 1,446 | / |
| Jeconiah | 67 | 295 | / |
| Oyekanya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ayikonya | 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 Yekonia
- 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