Where Does The Last Name Yeok Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Yeok has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yeok? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 2,372,517^th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Yeok are found; 85 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 58 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Yeok is also the 76,626^th most frequently held given name in the world, borne by 7,139 people.

Yeok is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 797,141. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Selangor, where 27 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 16 percent reside and Sarawak, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Malaysia this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Yeok Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Yeok has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Yeok last name declined 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.