Lee Yam Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Lee Yam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lee Yam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lee Yam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lee Yam occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lee Yam.
How Common Is The Last Name Lee Yam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Lee Yam live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 7,231,302. In The Philippines Lee Yam is mostly found in: Calabarzon, where 50 percent live and National Capital Region, where 50 percent live. Other than The Philippines this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Lee Yam
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