Yokoa Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Yokoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yokoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yokoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yokoa occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yokoa? popularity and diffusion
Yokoa is the 4,427,875th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Yokoa reside; 80 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 80 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Yokoa is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Milne Bay, where 94 percent are found and Southern Highlands, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Benin, where 5 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 Yokoa
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