Yalton Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

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

Yalton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yalton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:1,167,87666,381

Yalton (36) may also be a first name.

Yalton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yalton is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yalton? popularity and diffusion

Yalton is the 4,908,606th most widely held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 81 percent of Yalton are found; 81 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 81 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Yalton is also the 1,717,090th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 36 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Yalton is most common in: Chimbu, where 92 percent live and National Capital District, where 8 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent live and Finland, where 6 percent live.

Yalton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Yalton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Yalton surname contracted 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yaltone925/
Yaleton921/
Jalton83185/
Yolton83130/
Yaltan8339/
Yaltom8314/
Ealton837/
Healton77115/
Jailton7733/
Yaltane775/
Jaltong771/
Ihalton771/
Jolton6752/
Yoltan6743/
Yaltanova6712/
Yaltam6711/
Jaltan675/
Yaltunova673/
Jaltun671/
Yoltom671/
Eolton671/
Ialtan671/
Hjaltun626/
Jasltan621/
Ayoltan621/
Joltan5082/
Joltun5042/
Jaltam502/
Ialtam501/

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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 Yalton
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