Yamskaya Surname

1,248,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Yamskaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yamskaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1771:814,25566,550
Belarus71:1,357,29483,128
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Yamskaya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yamskaya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Yamskaya (Russian: Ямская) is most common in Russia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yamskaya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,248,410th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. The surname Yamskaya is predominantly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Yamskaya are found; 79 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 79 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Russia, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 814,255. In Russia Yamskaya is most numerous in: Moscow, where 23 percent live, Saint Petersburg, where 8 percent live and Moscow Oblast, where 7 percent live. Not including Russia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 4 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 1 percent live.

Yamskaya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Yamskaya last name is primarily Orthodox (85%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Yamskaya last name are 0.94% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 45.83% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yamsky868/
Yamska861/
Yamskoy80134/
Yamskyi802/
Jamskaja758/
Jamsky7134/
Yamski712/
Yamskoi6720/
Jaimsky678/
Yamskih673/
Johymska631/
Jamski57246/
Jomsky5725/
Jhamski531/
Jamshke531/

Yamskaya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yamskaya in the Russian language
Ямскаяamskaa-

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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 Yamskaya
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