Yameh Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Yameh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Yameh (72) may also be a first name.
Yameh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yameh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yameh is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yameh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Yameh reside; 41 percent reside in West Africa and 24 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most frequent forename globally It is held by 72 people.
The surname Yameh is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 551,067. In Liberia Yameh is most prevalent in: Lofa County, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Liberia it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 21 percent reside and Iran, where 18 percent reside.
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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 Yameh
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