Ah Yen Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Samoa
Highest density in:
Samoa

Ah Yen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ah Yen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Samoa2431:798243
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ah Yen (183) may also be a first name.

Ah Yen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ah Yen Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ah Yen is more commonly found in Samoa than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ah Yen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ah Yen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,009,375th most numerous family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Ah Yen are found; 97 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 97 percent are found in Polynesia. Ah Yen is also the 673,127th most common first name world-wide It is held by 183 people.

It is most prevalent in Samoa, where it is held by 243 people, or 1 in 798. Not including Samoa this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 2 percent are found and American Samoa, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ah Yeng928/
Ah Ayen923/
Ah Hyen921/
Ah Yoen921/
Ah Ean833/
Ah Jen831/
Ah-Yen831/
Ah Yienne801/
Ah Heyn771/
Ah Hean771/
Ah Eung771/
Ah Jeang711/
Ah Heang711/
Ah Aun675/
Ah Eam671/
Ah-Yienne671/
Ah Oune622/
Ah Ayam621/
Ah Aim501/

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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 Ah Yen
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