Yiken Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Yiken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Yiken (61) may also be a first name.
Yiken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yiken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yiken is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yiken? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,311,814th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Yiken are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yiken is also the 1,257,960th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 61 people.
The last name Yiken is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Adamawa, where 50 percent are found and Lagos, where 50 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Yiken exists in one country. It also occurs in China, where 33 percent are found.
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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 Yiken
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