Yokwi Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Yokwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Yokwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yokwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yokwi is most common in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yokwi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yokwi is the 5,391,485th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Yokwi are found; 92 percent are found in Central Africa and 92 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Yokwi is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon Yokwi is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 92 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yokwei | 91 | 105 | / |
| Yokwai | 91 | 27 | / |
| Yonkwi | 91 | 19 | / |
| Yokwui | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yokwwei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yonkwei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yokwe | 80 | 3,160 | / |
| Jokwi | 80 | 226 | / |
| Yokwa | 80 | 205 | / |
| Yokui | 80 | 33 | / |
| Yakwi | 80 | 18 | / |
| Yokhwe | 73 | 32 | / |
| Oyokwe | 73 | 29 | / |
| Jonkwi | 73 | 17 | / |
| Yakwai | 73 | 11 | / |
| Yakwoi | 73 | 6 | / |
| Jokwoi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Yonkui | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yiokwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Eyokwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yokwey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yakwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eyokwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyokwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yongkui | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yohnkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yokwoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yongkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jockwis | 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 Yokwi
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