Yalamu Surname

671,677th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 445 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yalamu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yalamu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea4031:20,2332,134
Nigeria311:5,714,283142,531
India81:95,883,173728,828
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yalamu (208) may also be a first name.

Yalamu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yalamu is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yalamu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 671,677th most prevalent family name globally, held by around 1 in 16,376,508 people. The last name Yalamu occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Yalamu reside; 91 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 91 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Yalamu is also the 627,410th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 208 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 403 people, or 1 in 20,233. In Papua New Guinea Yalamu is most frequent in: Morobe, where 92 percent live, Madang, where 4 percent live and Enga, where 1 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea Yalamu is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yallamu9246/
Yalamou928/
Yaalamu924/
Yalamut923/
Yolamu832,763/
Jalamu8341/
Yalemu831/
Jhalamu77135/
Yollamu772/
Jalamou771/
Yoolamu771/
Jalamau771/
Ijalamut716/
Jhalamau711/
Jolamu671,171/
Yolomu674/
Yolemu671/
Joliamu624/
Ayolomou571/
Jaloumou571/
Jolomu504/
Eolomu501/

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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 Yalamu
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