Yokei Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Yokei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 141 | 1:906,697 | 19,182 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yokei (57) may also be a first name.
Yokei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yokei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yokei is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Yokei.
How Common Is The Last Name Yokei? popularity and diffusion
Yokei is the 1,465,390th most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Yokei reside; 97 percent reside in East Asia and 97 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequently used forename on earth. It is borne by 57 people.
The last name Yokei is most commonly held in Japan, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 906,697. In Japan Yokei is most prevalent in: Chiba Prefecture, where 72 percent reside, Kagoshima Prefecture, where 23 percent reside and Osaka Prefecture, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Japan this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Yokei
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