Yambem Surname

1,348,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 165 people bear this surname

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

Yambem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yambem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1391:5,518,456133,501
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Yambem (3,491) may also be a first name.

Yambem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yambem (Bengali: যামবেম) has its highest incidence in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Yambem click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yambem? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yambem is the 1,348,199th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Yambem are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 84 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 120,211th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 3,491 people.

The surname is most common in India, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 5,518,456. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Manipur, where 82 percent reside, Delhi, where 4 percent reside and Karnataka, where 3 percent reside. Besides India this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Yambem Last Name Statistics demography

Yambem earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.78% more than the national average, earning $57,292 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yamben83388/
Yambim831/
Yambeng7725/
Jambeme771/
Yambeen771/
Yambend771/
Yambime771/
Yambuim771/
Yameben771/
Yambin6755/
Yanben6748/
Yomben6716/
Yombne671/
Jamben671/
Yombim671/

Yambem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yambem in the Bengali language
যামবেমyamabema-

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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 Yambem
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