lo Yen Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

lo Yen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

lo Yen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia171:1,734,95470,664
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

lo Yen (31) may also be a first name.

lo Yen Last Name Facts

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

The last name lo Yen is found most frequently in Malaysia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

lo Yen is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of lo Yen are found; 89 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 89 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. lo Yen is also the 1,874,099th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 31 people.

lo Yen is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 1,734,954. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Sabah, where 94 percent reside and Negeri Sembilan, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Malaysia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 5 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
lo Yeng921/
lo Hyen921/
lo En9118/
lo Jen834/
lo Ean831/
Los En831/
lo Jean773/
lo Hien771/
Los Jean711/
lo Oun671/
lo Jeanne671/
La Jen671/
Lo-Ayon6220/
Lo-Ayan624/
La-Oyan622/
La Jean622/
La Hien622/
lo Oung621/
La Hayn620/
La Heyne5716/
La Huynh574/
La Iyang571/
La Hayne571/
lo Haung571/
La-En551/
La Heijne5324/
La Jeanne531/

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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 Yen
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