Yokwei Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Yokwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 104 | 1:199,703 | 20,621 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Yokwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yokwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yokwei is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yokwei? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,795,579th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yokwei live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Yokwei is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 199,703. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 97 percent are found, Centre Region, where 2 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yokwwei | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yonkwei | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yokwe | 91 | 3,160 | / |
| Yokwi | 91 | 13 | / |
| Yokhwe | 83 | 32 | / |
| Oyokwe | 83 | 29 | / |
| Yokwai | 83 | 27 | / |
| Yonkwi | 83 | 19 | / |
| Yikwei | 83 | 4 | / |
| Eyokwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yokwui | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yokwey | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yakwei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aykwei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yohnkwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yokwoue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yongkwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jokwi | 73 | 226 | / |
| Yokwa | 73 | 205 | / |
| Yakwe | 73 | 134 | / |
| Jokwe | 73 | 58 | / |
| Ekwei | 73 | 42 | / |
| Yokui | 73 | 33 | / |
| Ikwei | 73 | 23 | / |
| Yakwi | 73 | 18 | / |
| Yikwe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Yikwi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Yogwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Iokwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oykwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yokue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eykwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yckwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyokueyi | 71 | 6 | / |
| Joukwe | 67 | 23 | / |
| Yokoue | 67 | 21 | / |
| Eyogwe | 67 | 19 | / |
| Jonkwi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Yakwai | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ekweyi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Yakwoi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jokwoi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yonkui | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yiokwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yakewe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ojokwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ijokwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aiokwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yodkue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yakweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yokhwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jokkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aikwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yakwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yakhwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayogwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yakwet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jokgwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikweji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eyokwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekweiu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yinkwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikweyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yinkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yokwat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyokwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yokwei
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