Yaman Surname
Approximately 125,414 people bear this surname
Yaman Surname User-submission:
Turkish : 'formidable'
The word Yaman in Turkish originally means 'bad.' In contemporary usage, it has acquired the meaning of 'skillful, intelligent.'
Yaman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 113,501 | 1:686 | 83 |
| Indonesia | 3,089 | 1:42,813 | 4,903 |
| Malaysia | 2,263 | 1:13,033 | 1,362 |
| Germany | 974 | 1:82,654 | 10,439 |
| Papua New Guinea | 705 | 1:11,566 | 1,037 |
| Saudi Arabia | 676 | 1:45,645 | 6,666 |
| Nigeria | 593 | 1:298,723 | 16,689 |
| Egypt | 580 | 1:158,510 | 12,069 |
| Philippines | 311 | 1:325,525 | 44,983 |
| Northern Cyprus | 265 | 1:1,204 | 93 |
| England | 264 | 1:211,053 | 18,115 |
| India | 263 | 1:2,916,598 | 88,304 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| United States | 215 | 1:1,685,856 | 112,021 |
| Pakistan | 153 | 1:1,167,607 | 14,167 |
| Netherlands | 129 | 1:130,908 | 20,305 |
| Belgium | 126 | 1:91,243 | 14,134 |
| Austria | 113 | 1:75,358 | 11,422 |
| Thailand | 95 | 1:743,562 | 121,778 |
| Cameroon | 81 | 1:256,408 | 24,973 |
| Afghanistan | 69 | 1:465,988 | 6,093 |
| Australia | 60 | 1:449,928 | 35,109 |
| Switzerland | 57 | 1:144,086 | 13,875 |
| Bulgaria | 50 | 1:139,578 | 8,096 |
| Norway | 43 | 1:119,588 | 15,719 |
| Russia | 43 | 1:3,351,699 | 174,427 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Ivory Coast | 33 | 1:699,128 | 19,606 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| Kazakhstan | 27 | 1:654,907 | 44,542 |
| Colombia | 25 | 1:1,910,963 | 11,972 |
| Syria | 24 | 1:804,209 | 6,249 |
| United Arab Emirates | 23 | 1:398,360 | 23,003 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Nicaragua | 16 | 1:376,318 | 3,295 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Azerbaijan | 7 | 1:1,378,446 | 18,562 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Yaman (28,834) may also be a first name.
Yaman Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Turkish : 'formidable'
The word Yaman in Turkish originally means 'bad.' In contemporary usage, it has acquired the meaning of 'skillful, intelligent.'
- mericYaman Demographics
Average Yaman Salary in
United States
$57,580 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yaman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaman Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yaman (Arabic: يامان, Bengali: যমন, Hindi: यमन, Marathi: यमन, Oriya: ୟମନ, Russian: Яман) has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaman? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,483rd most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 58,108 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Yaman reside; 78 percent reside in West Asia and 77 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Yaman is also the 28,760th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, borne by 28,834 people.
Yaman is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 113,501 people, or 1 in 686. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 18 percent live, Ankara Province, where 7 percent live and Izmir Province, where 4 percent live. Outside of Turkey this last name occurs in 91 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 percent live.
Yaman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Yaman has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 26,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 1,344 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yaman Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Yaman surname are 12.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.82% registered with the political party.
The amount Yaman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 30.05% less than the national average, earning 242,084 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 56.75% more than the national average, earning R 372,492 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.82% less than the national average, earning $18,657,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 33.44% more than the national average, earning $57,580 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.05% less than the national average, earning $36,243 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yaman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaman in the Bengali language | ||
| যমন | yamana | - |
| Yaman in the Hindi language | ||
| यमन | yamana | 95.61 |
| यामन | yamana | 1.54 |
| यमान | yamana | 1.54 |
| यामान | yamana | 0.66 |
| यमण | yamana | 0.22 |
| Yaman in the Marathi language | ||
| यमन | yamana | 92.11 |
| यमान | yamana | 2.3 |
| यामन | yamana | 1.64 |
| वामन | vamana | 1.32 |
| यमण | yamana | 0.99 |
| यामान | yamana | 0.66 |
| याण | yana | 0.33 |
| येमान | yemana | 0.33 |
| मण | mana | 0.33 |
| Yaman in the Oriya language | ||
| ୟମନ | yamana | 57.14 |
| ୟାମନ | yamana | 14.29 |
| ଯାମନ | yamana | 14.29 |
| ଯମାନ | yamana | 14.29 |
| Yaman in the Russian language | ||
| Яман | aman | - |
| Yaman in the Arabic language | ||
| يامان | yaman | - |
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