Yamas Surname
Approximately 889 people bear this surname
Yamas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 426 | 1:237,648 | 36,084 |
| India | 155 | 1:4,948,809 | 124,489 |
| United States | 103 | 1:3,519,019 | 197,606 |
| Papua New Guinea | 77 | 1:105,892 | 14,318 |
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Mexico | 31 | 1:4,004,071 | 26,265 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Yamaş (31) are calculated separately.
Yamas (805) may also be a first name.
Yamas Demographics
Average Yamas Salary in
United States
$35,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yamas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yamas (Hindi: यामस, Marathi: यमस, Russian: Ямас) is found in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Yamaş. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yamas.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 396,526th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,197,464 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Yamas reside; 49 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 48 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Yamas is also the 288,270th most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 805 people.
The surname Yamas is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 426 people, or 1 in 237,648. In The Philippines Yamas is primarily concentrated in: Central Visayas, where 51 percent reside, Davao Region, where 29 percent reside and Eastern Visayas, where 8 percent reside. Not including The Philippines this surname occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in India, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.
Yamas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Yamas has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 5,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yamas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Yamas are 31.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 77.78% registered with the political party.
The amount Yamas earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 6.42% less than the national average, earning $21,245,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yamas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yamas in the Hindi language | ||
| यामस | yamasa | - |
| Yamas in the Marathi language | ||
| यमस | yamasa | 33.33 |
| यामस | yamasa | 22.22 |
| यामसाहम | yamasahama | 22.22 |
| यमस-या | yamasa-ya | 11.11 |
| यामास | yamasa | 11.11 |
| Yamas in the Russian language | ||
| Ямас | amas | - |
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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 Yamas
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