Yenku Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Yenku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yenku (66) may also be a first name.
Yenku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yenku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yenku is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Yenku.
How Common Is The Last Name Yenku? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,909,720th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. Yenku is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yenku reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequent forename in the world, borne by 66 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 472,024. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 93 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 2 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayenku | 91 | 197 | / |
| Hyenku | 91 | 6 | / |
| Yenkou | 91 | 4 | / |
| Yengku | 91 | 4 | / |
| Yenkeu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Eyenku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Enku | 89 | 278 | / |
| Oyenkeu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yienkou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Engku | 80 | 142 | / |
| Genku | 80 | 67 | / |
| Jenku | 80 | 65 | / |
| Enkou | 80 | 21 | / |
| Aenku | 80 | 4 | / |
| Yencu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Enkuh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Enkau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eunku | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jenkou | 73 | 207 | / |
| Ayunku | 73 | 169 | / |
| Jengku | 73 | 52 | / |
| Ayanku | 73 | 15 | / |
| Engkau | 73 | 14 | / |
| Jenkut | 73 | 11 | / |
| Oyanku | 73 | 8 | / |
| Jenkus | 73 | 6 | / |
| Enkeuh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yemkeu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Oyinku | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yemkou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Jenkui | 73 | 3 | / |
| Genkou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Eyanku | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ayinku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yencup | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eunkut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Engkui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Engkuj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ihenku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ajenku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jenkuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gengku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Genkeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Encu | 67 | 3,700 | / |
| Hoyinku | 67 | 13 | / |
| Goyanku | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ayonkeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayemkeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jeunkou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jeunkeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heunkeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yemkout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayuncku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eyaunku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jenkuss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jenkuis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahaenku | 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
- 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 Yenku
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