Yokoya Surname
Approximately 2,162 people bear this surname
Yokoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2,017 | 1:63,383 | 4,680 |
| Brazil | 75 | 1:2,854,324 | 84,307 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Yokoya Demographics
Average Yokoya Salary in
United States
$8,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yokoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yokoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yokoya is most common in Japan. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yokoya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 194,363rd most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 3,370,743 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Yokoya live; 93 percent live in East Asia and 93 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
It is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 2,017 people, or 1 in 63,383. In Japan Yokoya is mostly found in: Gifu Prefecture, where 24 percent reside, Wakayama Prefecture, where 10 percent reside and Tokyo Metropolis, where 10 percent reside. Barring Japan Yokoya is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 3 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
Yokoya Last Name Statistics demography
Yokoya earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 80.88% less than the national average, earning $8,250 USD per year.
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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 Yokoya
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