Yemkwa Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Yemkwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Yemkwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yemkwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yemkwa is most common in Cameroon. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Yemkwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yemkwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Yemkwa is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Yemkwa are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 989,003. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 76 percent reside and West Region, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Belgium, where 5 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
- 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 Yemkwa
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