Yü Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Yü Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yü 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
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Yu (19,083,843), Yù (2), Yȗ (2) & Yû (1) are calculated separately.

Yü Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yü is found most frequently in Austria. It can appear as a variant: Yu, Yù, Yȗ or Yû. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yü? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. Yü is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Yü reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Austria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 2,838,478. In Austria it is most prevalent in: Lower Austria, where 33 percent live, Styria, where 33 percent live and Vienna, where 33 percent live. Aside from Austria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 30 percent live and Germany, where 20 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
Yu8319,083,843/
Yù832/
Yȗ832/
Yû831/
Yüz80280/
Y6739,814/
Eyüz6719/

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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 Yü
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