Yelkouni Surname
Approximately 2,795 people bear this surname
Yelkouni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2,785 | 1:6,590 | 689 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yelkouni (11) may also be a first name.
Yelkouni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelkouni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yelkouni occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelkouni? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 156,607th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,607,351 people. The surname Yelkouni occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yelkouni are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yelkouni is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 11 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 2,785 people, or 1 in 6,590. In Burkina Faso it is mostly found in: Nord Region, where 39 percent are found, Centre Region, where 38 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 8 percent are found. Not including Burkina Faso this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkouni | 93 | 21 | / |
| Yelkuni | 93 | 13 | / |
| Yelkoni | 93 | 9 | / |
| Yelkouny | 88 | 84 | / |
| Yelcouni | 88 | 59 | / |
| Yelkouna | 88 | 21 | / |
| Elkhouni | 88 | 4 | / |
| Elkounni | 88 | 2 | / |
| Yelkoune | 88 | 1 | / |
| Elkoni | 86 | 10 | / |
| Elkuni | 86 | 1 | / |
| Elkouny | 80 | 432 | / |
| Elkoini | 80 | 3 | / |
| Elkoune | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yelkani | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yelcouna | 75 | 14 | / |
| Elkhonni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yelkanit | 75 | 1 | / |
| Elkony | 71 | 711 | / |
| Elkani | 71 | 175 | / |
| Elkone | 71 | 6 | / |
| Elkhani | 67 | 15 | / |
| Elkaini | 67 | 6 | / |
| Elkanai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Elkayani | 63 | 85 | / |
| Eilkhani | 63 | 33 | / |
| Oulkoune | 63 | 9 | / |
| Elkhangi | 63 | 5 | / |
| Oylekune | 63 | 3 | / |
| Jelkhani | 63 | 1 | / |
| Elkane | 57 | 26 | / |
| Elkany | 57 | 6 | / |
| Elkanj | 57 | 2 | / |
| Ellkany | 53 | 610 | / |
| Elqanni | 53 | 6 | / |
| Elqanai | 53 | 2 | / |
| Elhkane | 53 | 1 | / |
| Elkaine | 53 | 1 | / |
| Jelkana | 53 | 1 | / |
| Ellkaney | 50 | 4 | / |
| Elkhange | 50 | 2 | / |
| Ojlekune | 50 | 2 | / |
| Houlkani | 50 | 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 Yelkouni
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