Yokeya Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Yokeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Yokeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yokeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yokeya is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yokeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yokeya is the 5,587,209th most numerous last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Yokeya is predominantly found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Yokeya are found; 92 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 92 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: West New Britain, where 91 percent are found and Southern Highlands, where 9 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 8 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
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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 Yokeya
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