Yainam Surname

758,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 377 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Yainam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yainam 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
Cameroon3541:58,6707,553
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yainam (26) may also be a first name.

Yainam Last Name Facts

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

Yainam is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yainam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yainam is the 758,524th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 19,330,361 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Yainam reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 73 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 26 people.

The surname Yainam is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 354 people, or 1 in 58,670. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Adamawa Region, where 77 percent live, East Region, where 16 percent live and Far North Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 0 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
Yaingam922/
Yaimnam921/
Eainam832/
Yainan832/
Iainam831/
Yaemnam77589/
Yaennam773/
Joyjaingam751/
Yaengnam7141/
Yohingam712/
Yainon6717/
Iainan678/
Jaenam674/
Eainan671/
Yaenan671/
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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 Yainam
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