Yamese Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Yamese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 84 | 1:1,574,395 | 104,585 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yamese (28) may also be a first name.
Yamese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yamese is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamese? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yamese is the 2,034,059th most frequent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The surname Yamese is predominantly found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Yamese live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Yamese is also the 1,994,417th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 28 people.
It is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 1,574,395. In Indonesia Yamese is primarily concentrated in: West Papua, where 99 percent are found and Papua, where 1 percent are found. Besides Indonesia this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Yamese
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