Yaokan Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Yaokan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 25 | 1:922,849 | 23,346 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Yaokan (47) may also be a first name.
Yaokan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaokan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yaokan occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yaokan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaokan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,798,600th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Yaokan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Yaokan are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yaokan is also the 1,467,136th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 47 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 922,849. In The Ivory Coast Yaokan is most frequent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 44 percent reside, Lagunes District, where 44 percent reside and Comoé District, where 8 percent reside. Besides The Ivory Coast Yaokan is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 4 percent reside and Togo, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaokhan | 92 | 9 | / |
| Yaokasin | 86 | 26 | / |
| Yoakan | 83 | 3 | / |
| Yaocan | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yaokam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yookan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yaokham | 77 | 62 | / |
| Youkhan | 77 | 17 | / |
| Yaoquan | 77 | 6 | / |
| Yookhan | 77 | 3 | / |
| Yaokone | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yaocand | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yaokoun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yookang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Youskand | 71 | 18 | / |
| Youkhane | 71 | 2 | / |
| Jaohkhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yoahkang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yahokoun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yaudkhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yaucan | 67 | 627 | / |
| Youkam | 67 | 148 | / |
| Youkon | 67 | 113 | / |
| Yajhakhan | 67 | 40 | / |
| Youcan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yookon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yookam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Youkhannh | 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 Yaokan
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