Yenkeng Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Yenkeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Yenkeng (4) may also be a first name.
Yenkeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yenkeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yenkeng is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yenkeng? popularity and diffusion
Yenkeng is the 8,968,613th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Yenkeng live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Yenkeng is also the 6,192,526th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 4 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Yenkeng is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 50 percent are found and West Region, where 50 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in China, where 25 percent are found and Thailand, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyenkeng | 93 | 1 | / |
| Yenkeung | 93 | 1 | / |
| Yengkeng | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ayemnkeng | 88 | 1 | / |
| Engkeng | 86 | 159 | / |
| Yemkeng | 86 | 1 | / |
| Jenkeng | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ayankeng | 80 | 19 | / |
| Gengkeng | 80 | 11 | / |
| Yencheng | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ayemkeng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Enking | 77 | 82 | / |
| Jenking | 71 | 162 | / |
| Uenking | 71 | 9 | / |
| Genking | 71 | 1 | / |
| Enkiong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yencing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Encking | 71 | 0 | / |
| Heinking | 67 | 46 | / |
| Hounkeng | 67 | 12 | / |
| Yenching | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ajonkeng | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ajinkeng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jionkeng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jeanking | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heineking | 63 | 193 | / |
| Ajongkeng | 63 | 1 | / |
| Jencng | 62 | 1 | / |
| Aunking | 57 | 1 | / |
| Enquing | 57 | 1 | / |
| Joinking | 53 | 24 | / |
| Jenkinks | 53 | 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 Yenkeng
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