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 carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yokoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yokoya is the 194,363rd most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,370,743 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Yokoya reside; 93 percent reside in East Asia and 93 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
The last name is most frequent in Japan, where it is borne by 2,017 people, or 1 in 63,383. In Japan Yokoya is most prevalent in: Gifu Prefecture, where 24 percent live, Wakayama Prefecture, where 10 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 10 percent live. Aside from Japan this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 3 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
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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