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
The last name Yaman (Arabic: يامان, Bengali: যমন, Hindi: यमन, Marathi: यमन, Oriya: ୟମନ, Russian: Яман) is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaman? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yaman is the 4,483rd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 58,108 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 83 percent of Yaman live; 78 percent live in West Asia and 77 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Yaman is also the 28,760th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 28,834 people.
This surname is most frequent in Turkey, where it is borne by 113,501 people, or 1 in 686. In Turkey Yaman is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 18 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 7 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 4 percent are found. Not including Turkey this last name is found in 91 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 2 percent are found and Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.
Yaman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Yaman has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Yaman last name increased 26,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 1,344 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yaman Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Yaman last name are 12.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.82% being registered to vote for 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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