Yongka Surname
Approximately 330 people bear this surname
Yongka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 326 | 1:63,709 | 8,104 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Yongka (1,694) may also be a first name.
Yongka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yongka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yongka is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yongka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yongka is the 835,661st most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,083,472 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yongka live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 186,812th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,694 people.
The last name Yongka is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 326 people, or 1 in 63,709. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 84 percent reside, Centre Region, where 5 percent reside and South Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Yongka
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