Yenky Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yenky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yenky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yenky (51) may also be a first name.

Yenky Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yenky Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Yenky is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yenky? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Yenky occurs mostly in Oceania, where 85 percent of Yenky reside; 85 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 85 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 51 people.

The last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Yenky is primarily concentrated in: Morobe, where 59 percent live and Madang, where 41 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yenkey9124/
Yenkyo914/
Yenkay911/
Yencky910/
Enky895/
Yenkaya835/
Yengkey831/
Yenke80209/
Enkey80142/
Yenki8099/
Yenka8056/
Enkay8014/
Engky809/
Enkoy807/
Jenky806/
Enkiy801/
Yenkai73546/
Oyenka73113/
Engkoy7382/
Engkay7375/
Yengki7365/
Enkaya7358/
Oyenke7343/
Enkaiy7333/
Jenkey7320/
Engkey7316/
Yencke738/
Yencey736/
Yenkei736/
Yenkie735/
Yehnke735/
Yengka735/
Eyenke734/
Ayenke734/
Yenkeu733/
Uyenka733/
Yoanky732/
Yenkee732/
Genkey732/
Eyenka732/
Heinky732/
Yemkey731/
Yengke731/
Iyenka731/
Enckoy731/
Yenkep731/
Yenkeh731/
Iyenki731/
Ayenki731/
Genkyi731/
Iyenke731/
Yetingkay714/
Enke675,212/
Enki67393/
Iyonkyo6767/
Oyankoy674/
Iyenkhe673/
Heinkey672/
Oyenkeu672/
Engkaya672/
Enqy671/
Joynkey671/
Goenkay671/
Yengkeh671/
Yengket671/
Hoyenke671/
Iyonkay671/
Yenkieh671/
Yynkaya671/
Heineky670/

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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 Yenky
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