Yenekan Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Yenekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Yenekan (4) may also be a first name.
Yenekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yenekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yenekan is found most in Liberia. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yenekan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most prevalent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yenekan reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 6,192,526th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 4 people.
Yenekan is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,204,268. In Liberia Yenekan is most common in: Montserrado County, where 50 percent are found and Nimba County, where 50 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 33 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oyenekan | 93 | 2,504 | / |
| Ayenekan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Yenekean | 93 | 1 | / |
| Enekan | 92 | 8 | / |
| Oyenekann | 88 | 3 | / |
| Ooyenekan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Oyenekkan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Yenikan | 86 | 245 | / |
| Genekan | 86 | 44 | / |
| Eneikan | 86 | 4 | / |
| Aenekan | 86 | 4 | / |
| Jenekan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oenekan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yenakan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yenakhan | 80 | 53 | / |
| Oyenikan | 80 | 16 | / |
| Oyenekon | 80 | 14 | / |
| Oyinekan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oyonekan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oyenekam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owenekan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Enikan | 77 | 38 | / |
| Yenekoung | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oyeneican | 75 | 1 | / |
| Heinekant | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yenican | 71 | 201 | / |
| Aneikan | 71 | 23 | / |
| Ainekan | 71 | 10 | / |
| Yenacan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ineikan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Yenekom | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jyeniskhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Genecan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Engekon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aneekan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jenakan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yennikon | 67 | 128 | / |
| Ojenikan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aneikane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jeenakan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ainekang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajanekan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aneikean | 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
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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 Yenekan
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