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 has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yalton? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yalton is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 81 percent of Yalton reside; 81 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 81 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 36 people.

This last name is most widespread 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. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live and Finland, where 6 percent live.

Yalton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Yalton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Yalton last name fell 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
  • 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 Yalton
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