lo Yip Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Hong Kong

lo Yip Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

lo Yip Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

lo Yip Last Name Facts

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

The surname lo Yip is found most in Malaysia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname lo Yip is the 10,311,814th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name lo Yip occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of lo Yip are found; 67 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 67 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

It is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia it is most common in: Kuala Lumpur, where 50 percent reside and Selangor, where 50 percent reside. Without taking into account Malaysia it exists in one country. It is also found in Hong Kong, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
lo Yi916/
lo Yit831/
lo Oi7317/
lo Ai733/
lo Ay732/
lo Ji731/
lo Hoi673/
lo Hui673/
lo Hai672/
lo Hei671/
lo Jyh671/
lo Yoh671/

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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 lo Yip
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