Yamsi Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
Yamsi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 213 | 1:97,507 | 11,577 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 1:3,480,242 | 186,493 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Yamsi (382) may also be a first name.
Yamsi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamsi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yamsi (Hindi: यमसी, Marathi: यमसी) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamsi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 902,012th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 24,620,088 people. The surname Yamsi is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Yamsi live; 70 percent live in Central Africa and 69 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Yamsi is also the 443,564th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 382 people.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 213 people, or 1 in 97,507. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 54 percent live, Littoral Region, where 29 percent live and West Region, where 10 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Yamsi exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 13 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yamsi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yamsi in the Marathi language | ||
| यमसी | yamasi | - |
| Yamsi in the Hindi language | ||
| यमसी | yamasi | 82.35 |
| यामसी | yamasi | 5.88 |
| यम्सी | yamsi | 5.88 |
| यमशी | yamasi | 5.88 |
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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
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- 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 Yamsi
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