Yorkor Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Yorkor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 183 | 1:24,090 | 2,373 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Yorkor (367) may also be a first name.
Yorkor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yorkor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yorkor occurs most in Liberia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yorkor? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yorkor is the 1,189,614th most common surname globally It is held by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yorkor reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Yorkor is also the 453,982nd most common first name at a global level, borne by 367 people.
The surname Yorkor is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 24,090. In Liberia Yorkor is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 55 percent reside, Lofa County, where 18 percent reside and Margibi County, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Liberia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkour | 92 | 8 | / |
| Ayorkor | 92 | 1 | / |
| Jorkor | 83 | 86 | / |
| Iorkor | 83 | 80 | / |
| Yarkor | 83 | 44 | / |
| Yorkar | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yorkur | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yorkurt | 77 | 17 | / |
| Ojorkor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Erkor | 73 | 9 | / |
| Yrkar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jorkar | 67 | 1,113 | / |
| Yarkar | 67 | 154 | / |
| Iorkur | 67 | 35 | / |
| Iorkar | 67 | 25 | / |
| Jirkor | 67 | 22 | / |
| Gerkor | 67 | 12 | / |
| Girkor | 67 | 2 | / |
| Erkore | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yarkur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Erkort | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iorcor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yrekar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayrkar | 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
- 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 Yorkor
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