Yikan Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Yikan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yikan (124) may also be a first name.
Yikan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yikan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yikan (Hindi: यिकन) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yikan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Yikan is primarily found in Oceania, where 47 percent of Yikan reside; 47 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 47 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 836,439th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 124 people.
The surname Yikan is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Yikan is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 100 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and India, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yikan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yikan in the Hindi language | ||
| यिकन | yikana | - |
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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 Yikan
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