Yenken Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Yenken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Yenken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yenken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yenken occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Yenken click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yenken? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yenken is the 4,908,606th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Yenken reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
Yenken is most numerous in Liberia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 551,067. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent reside. Beside Liberia this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 38 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yencken | 92 | 130 | / |
| Yienken | 92 | 0 | / |
| Enken | 91 | 220 | / |
| Hyenkeng | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yengkeng | 86 | 1 | / |
| Jenken | 83 | 250 | / |
| Yenkin | 83 | 53 | / |
| Engken | 83 | 14 | / |
| Yemken | 83 | 4 | / |
| Genken | 83 | 3 | / |
| Eenken | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ayemnkeng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Heinken | 77 | 443 | / |
| Jencken | 77 | 4 | / |
| Huenken | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yenchen | 77 | 3 | / |
| Owenken | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yemkeng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Enkin | 73 | 621 | / |
| Enkyn | 73 | 20 | / |
| Yynkn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Heineken | 71 | 535 | / |
| Ayankeng | 71 | 19 | / |
| Heincken | 71 | 10 | / |
| Huehnken | 71 | 7 | / |
| Jenkienė | 71 | 2 | / |
| Yengchen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ayemkeng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jenkin | 67 | 7,939 | / |
| Genkin | 67 | 1,242 | / |
| Jenkyn | 67 | 282 | / |
| Enkina | 67 | 128 | / |
| Engkin | 67 | 96 | / |
| Heinecken | 67 | 59 | / |
| Jencen | 67 | 55 | / |
| Enkyna | 67 | 34 | / |
| Iencen | 67 | 5 | / |
| Enckin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eunkin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ienkin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jenkem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oynkin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yemkem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gencen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Eimken | 67 | 0 | / |
| Jemken | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Yenken
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