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 is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yenken? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yenken is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Yenken are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name Yenken is most widely held in Liberia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 551,067. In Liberia Yenken is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent reside. Beside Liberia this surname 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
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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 Yenken
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