Yambiam Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

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

Yambiam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yambiam Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Yambiam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yambiam occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Yambiam click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yambiam? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Yambiam reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Yambiam is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Yambiam occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yanmbiam934/
Yiambiam934/
Yanbiam8678/
Yambian867/
Yianbiam801/
Yanbian716/
Yambion711/
Yombiang671/
Janbhian532/
Janbijan531/
Jambione531/
Yanbajyan504/
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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 Yambiam
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