Yokon Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Yokon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 124 | 1:65,756 | 8,577 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yokon (40) may also be a first name.
Yokon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yokon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yokon (Marathi: योकोन, Russian: Ёкон) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yokon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yokon? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,286,243rd most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. Yokon is primarily found in Oceania, where 70 percent of Yokon reside; 70 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 70 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Yokon is also the 1,614,485th most numerous first name globally, held by 40 people.
It is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 65,756. In Papua New Guinea Yokon is mostly found in: Enga, where 68 percent live, East Sepik, where 19 percent live and National Capital District, where 10 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 16 percent live and Benin, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yokon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yokon in the Marathi language | ||
| योकोन | yokona | - |
| Yokon in the Russian language | ||
| Ёкон | ekon | - |
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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 Yokon
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