Yukun Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Yukun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Malaysia | 36 | 1:819,284 | 37,745 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
The alternate forms: Yükün (54) are calculated separately.
Yukun (2,582) may also be a first name.
Yukun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yukun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yukun is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Yükün. Click here for other potential spellings of Yukun.
How Common Is The Last Name Yukun? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yukun is the 1,691,963rd most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name Yukun is predominantly found in Asia, where 58 percent of Yukun live; 47 percent live in Southeast Asia and 34 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Yukun is also the 144,818th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 2,582 people.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 209,070. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Madang, where 51 percent live, West Sepik, where 44 percent live and East Sepik, where 5 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 31 percent live and Singapore, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yukunc | 91 | 272 | / |
| Youkun | 91 | 7 | / |
| Yuykun | 91 | 2 | / |
| Yukhun | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yukune | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oyukun | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yukaun | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yükün | 87 | 54 | / |
| Yukhoun | 83 | 1 | / |
| Youkoun | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yiukuin | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jukun | 80 | 91 | / |
| Yukon | 80 | 74 | / |
| Yucun | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ayokun | 73 | 41 | / |
| Yukhon | 73 | 19 | / |
| Jukoun | 73 | 4 | / |
| Youcun | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ojukun | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jukuhn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ujokun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ijukun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ujukun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yukkum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jutkuhn | 67 | 35 | / |
| Ayokoun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ayokunn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yooukum | 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 Yukun
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