Yekum Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yekum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yekum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea601:135,89518,658
Cameroon451:461,53538,189
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yekum (80) may also be a first name.

Yekum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yekum is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yekum? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,755,741st most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 56 percent of Yekum reside; 56 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 56 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,075,395th most widespread forename world-wide It is held by 80 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 135,895. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Chimbu, where 87 percent reside and Jiwaka, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 41 percent reside and Iceland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yekoum912/
Ayekum912/
Yiekum911/
Yoekum911/
Ekum891,811/
Ajyekum837/
Oyekume832/
Yekoume831/
Ekoum80535/
Eikum80229/
Jekum8015/
Yekom8011/
Uykum8010/
Ekkum802/
Aykum802/
Eekum801/
Ekumh801/
Ekeum801/
Yecum800/
Hayekoum771/
Yoakum733,463/
Eidkum7329/
Aykoum7310/
Jaykum735/
Oyekom733/
Eatkum732/
Aekaum732/
Jeakum731/
Jiykum731/
Hoykum731/
Ayukum731/
Oekcum731/
Owekum731/
Jekume731/
Jekhum731/
Ayukhum67177/
Ecum67146/
Ayakume678/
Yoikhum676/
Haykoum675/
Aggekum673/
Ijekume672/
Igiekum671/
Ayakoum671/
Yoakuym671/
Hiekaum671/
Yoackum670/
Eickhum670/

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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 Yekum
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