Yimkam Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Yimkam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yimkam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon311:669,97049,334
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

Yimkam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yimkam is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yimkam? popularity and diffusion

Yimkam is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Yimkam is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yimkam reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

Yimkam is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 669,970. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 52 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 32 percent are found and West Region, where 10 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Senegal, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yimkham921/
Imkam9110/
Imkham83547/
Yomkam8311/
Immkam834/
Yimkom834/
Aimkam833/
Aimkham7731/
Yomkham775/
Iemkham771/
Himkham771/
Emkam7345/
Imkom731/
Imcam731/
Emkham6722/
Imkome671/
Eamkham628/
Imcome501/

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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 Yimkam
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