Where Does The Last Name Yams Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Yams (Russian: Ямс) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yams? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 1,907,068^th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 52 percent of Yams are found; 51 percent are found in South Asia and 51 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 549,774^th most numerous forename throughout the world It is held by 262 people.

Yams is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 15,980,529. In India Yams is primarily concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 58 percent live and Telangana, where 42 percent live. Outside of India this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in France, where 27 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.