Yikem Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Yikem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yikem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yikem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yikem is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yikem.
How Common Is The Last Name Yikem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yikem are found; 80 percent are found in Central Africa and 80 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon Yikem is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 88 percent reside and Centre Region, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 10 percent reside and Nigeria, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikem | 89 | 4,208 | / |
| Ikeme | 80 | 1,407 | / |
| Hikem | 80 | 320 | / |
| Yokem | 80 | 177 | / |
| Yikim | 80 | 115 | / |
| Jikem | 80 | 60 | / |
| Iokem | 80 | 43 | / |
| Uikem | 80 | 11 | / |
| Aikem | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ikeam | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ikkem | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ikiem | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ikeem | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yikme | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yicem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hykem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eikem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eykem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ikeim | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ikm | 75 | 39 | / |
| Ykm | 75 | 6 | / |
| Jikeme | 73 | 272 | / |
| Hickem | 73 | 60 | / |
| Ikemhe | 73 | 43 | / |
| Eikeme | 73 | 4 | / |
| Haikem | 73 | 2 | / |
| Aitkem | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hikeem | 73 | 2 | / |
| Iockem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ikeeme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ikhiem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yokhem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ikemme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eykeim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ikheem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uikemm | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yockem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eikiem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hikeme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekem | 67 | 2,590 | / |
| Ikim | 67 | 586 | / |
| Hikm | 67 | 278 | / |
| Ykym | 67 | 178 | / |
| Oikhaem | 67 | 65 | / |
| Eikheim | 67 | 18 | / |
| Icem | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ycem | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ikmd | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ykmt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ikme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jkem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iecm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ytkm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ykim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahiekem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iekm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eijkeme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oykhaem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haikeme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hikchem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikym | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eikm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikmt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikjm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iqkm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ieqm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Izkm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aykm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oykm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aikm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ykqm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ykkm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yiqm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yicm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yqkm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uykm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huiskem | 67 | 0 | / |
| Yokehem | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Yikem
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