Yameya Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Yameya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Yameya (12) may also be a first name.
Yameya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yameya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yameya is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yameya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Yameya are found; 81 percent are found in Central Africa and 81 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Yameya is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring forename at a global level, held by 12 people.
The last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 2,172,929. Without taking into account The DR Congo it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 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 Yameya
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