Yokov Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Yokov Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 19 | 1:367,311 | 17,687 |
| Israel | 19 | 1:450,402 | 34,739 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 1:4,138,427 | 206,719 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yokov (15) may also be a first name.
Yokov Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yokov Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yokov (Russian: Йоков) occurs more in Bulgaria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yokov? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yokov is the 2,661,929th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of Yokov reside; 36 percent reside in West Asia and 36 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 15 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 367,311. In Bulgaria Yokov is primarily found in: Sofia City Province, where 26 percent reside, Kyustendil Province, where 21 percent reside and Vratsa Province, where 21 percent reside. Besides Bulgaria it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 36 percent reside and Ukraine, where 21 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yokov Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yokov in the Russian language | ||
| Йоков | jokov | - |
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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 Yokov
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