Yokai Surname
Approximately 258 people bear this surname
Yokai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 163 | 1:784,321 | 17,959 |
| Papua New Guinea | 82 | 1:99,436 | 13,359 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
Yokai (64) may also be a first name.
Yokai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yokai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yokai (Russian: Ёкаи) occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yokai? popularity and diffusion
Yokai is the 993,593rd most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,246,302 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 65 percent of Yokai are found; 64 percent are found in East Asia and 63 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,223,525th most common first name in the world, held by 64 people.
The surname Yokai is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 784,321. In Japan Yokai is most common in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 67 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 25 percent are found and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Japan this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent are found and Tunisia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yokai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yokai in the Russian language | ||
| Ёкаи | ekai | - |
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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 Yokai
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