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 carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Yükün. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yukun? popularity and diffusion
Yukun is the 1,691,963rd most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name Yukun occurs predominantly in Asia, where 58 percent of Yukun are found; 47 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 34 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Yukun is also the 144,818th most frequently used given name at a global level. It is borne by 2,582 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried 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. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found 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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