lo Yee Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

lo Yee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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lo Yee Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius401:32,3356,474
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

lo Yee (79) may also be a first name.

lo Yee Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name lo Yee Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name lo Yee has its highest incidence in Mauritius. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name lo Yee? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,689,253rd most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname lo Yee occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of lo Yee reside; 77 percent reside in Southern Africa and 77 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean. lo Yee is also the 1,083,225th most numerous given name world-wide, borne by 79 people.

The surname lo Yee is most widespread in Mauritius, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 32,335. In Mauritius lo Yee is most numerous in: Pamplemousses District, where 100 percent live. Aside from Mauritius this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
lo Yet833/
Lo-Yee831/
lo Yeh831/
La Eye672/
La Aye671/
La Yeh671/
La Haye62550/
lo Huei622/
La Oyje621/
La E601/
La Ge551/
La Ie551/
La Eh551/
La Joy5015/
lo Jui504/
La Hée501/
La Heé501/
La Ier501/
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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 lo Yee
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