Yonkor Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Yonkor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 130 | 1:1,362,637 | 53,337 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Yonkor (313) may also be a first name.
Yonkor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yonkor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yonkor occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yonkor? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yonkor is the 1,403,590th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yonkor live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 496,565th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 313 people.
Yonkor is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 1,362,637. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 89 percent reside and Sokoto, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 15 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yongkor | 92 | 14 | / |
| Yonkord | 92 | 0 | / |
| Yongkord | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yongkorr | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yankor | 83 | 19 | / |
| Yonkar | 83 | 7 | / |
| Yomkor | 83 | 6 | / |
| Jonkor | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yinkor | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yongkhord | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yinkore | 77 | 299 | / |
| Yankore | 77 | 24 | / |
| Jongkor | 77 | 22 | / |
| Yoncour | 77 | 2 | / |
| Yankoir | 77 | 1 | / |
| Johnkor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yonkard | 77 | 0 | / |
| Inkor | 73 | 64 | / |
| Enkor | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ynkar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yoncourt | 71 | 100 | / |
| Jongkort | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yinkoure | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yancor | 67 | 1,051 | / |
| Yankur | 67 | 310 | / |
| Jomkor | 67 | 216 | / |
| Yankar | 67 | 84 | / |
| Engkor | 67 | 80 | / |
| Jonkar | 67 | 12 | / |
| Iomkor | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yinkar | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yonkurova | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yamkor | 67 | 2 | / |
| Inkhor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hinkor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ynkare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Henkor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jinkor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Enkoor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oinkar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Inkord | 67 | 1 | / |
| Enkore | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Yonkor
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