Yalew Surname

17,925th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,813 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Yalew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yalew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia30,7471:3,173540
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
England21:27,859,030389,889
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Yalew (52,750) may also be a first name.

Yalew Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yalew (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻠﻮ) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yalew? popularity and diffusion

It is the 17,925th most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 236,509 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yalew are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Yalew is also the 17,685th most frequent forename at a global level, held by 52,750 people.

Yalew is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is held by 30,747 people, or 1 in 3,173. Besides Ethiopia this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Norway, where 0 percent reside.

Yalew Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Yalew last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Yalew earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.21% more than the national average, earning $51,438 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yallew911,294/
Yalewe915/
Yaleuw911/
Yalw896/
Aayalew831/
Yalwe8081/
Yaleb8019/
Yalev8011/
Yalef8010/
Yaliw801/
Yalaev73443/
Yaliwe73180/
Yaliev7350/
Hyalev7319/
Yaleva7316/
Yahlev738/
Yaleev737/
Jaleew734/
Yaslev734/
Yahlef732/
Yaloev731/
Yaalef731/
Healew731/
Eallew731/
Yalyaev67147/
Yalf6770/
Yallaev6716/
Yaylaev6715/
Yahylev677/
Yahleva677/
Jalw675/
Yayliev675/
Yooleaw674/
Yahliev673/
Yalb671/
Jailaew671/
Yayloev671/
Yagliev671/
Jhaleew671/

Yalew Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yalew in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﻠﻮylw-

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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 Yalew
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