Yankova
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Yankova is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bulgaria than in any other country.
- BGBulgaria≈1 in 1.7Kas Янкова(inferred from the name graph)
- UAUkraine≈1 in 25Kas Янкова
- RURussia≈1 in 70Kas Янкова
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Yankova itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bulgaria (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 115 (measured from records)
- 1 in 190K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,200 named Янкова, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Poland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Янкова in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, Janková in CZ Czechia, SK Slovakia and Jankova in MK North Macedonia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yankova counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG Bulgaria | #104 | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Yankova | 89 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 70K | — | Янкова | 115 |
| UA Ukraine | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Янкова | 31 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 1,272as Janková | 1 in 8.4K | 1.3K | Janková | 19 |
| SK Slovakia | — | 430as Janková | 1 in 13K | 430 | Janková | 14 |
| ES Spain | — | 203 | 1 in 246K | 203 | Yankova | 24 |
| PL Poland | — | 201 | 1 in 190K | 201 | Yankova | 5 |
| MK North Macedonia | #599 | ≈89 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Jankova | 8 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Yordanka Yankovab. 1949BGBulgarian sprinter
- Dora Yankovab. 1960BGBulgarian politician
- Delyana Yankovab. 1986BGbadminton player
- Anastasia Yankovab. 1991RURussian boxer and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
- Elitsa Yankovab. 1994BGBulgarian female wrestler
- Izabela Yankovab. 2004BGBulgarian cyclist
- Viktoriya Yankovaresearcher (ORCID 0000-0002-8233-5087)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 203 | #16,388 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 203 | #16,320 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 201 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 201 | #16,414 |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Yankova have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.2 thousand people named Янкова in Bulgaria, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Yankova most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Yankova is densest in Poland — about 1 in 190 thousand people — even though Bulgaria holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Yankova?
- In Spain, the national register counted 203 people named Yankova, about 1 in 246 thousand residents.
- How common is Yankova compared with other names?
- In Bulgaria, Yankova is the 104th most common surname of 67,606 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Yankova?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yankovaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yankova” — the 104th most common surname in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.