Yamyam Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yamyam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yamyam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea321:254,80434,943
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
India141:54,790,384527,769
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Yamyam (68) may also be a first name.

Yamyam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yamyam (Hindi: यमयम, Russian: Ямям) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yamyam? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,075,631st most frequent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name Yamyam occurs mostly in Oceania, where 40 percent of Yamyam live; 40 percent live in Oceania Islands and 40 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,181,159th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 68 people.

The surname Yamyam is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 254,804. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: New Ireland, where 100 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 24 percent live and India, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yamiam8312/
Yamyan835/
Eamyam833/
Yamjam833/
Jamyam832/
Yamyom831/
Yamieam771/
Yasmyan771/
Yajmyan771/
Yamyang771/
Yamayom771/
Jyamjam771/
Yamujyan717/
Yiamyang711/
Jamjam672,336/
Jamyan671,635/
Yamian67147/
Yamjan679/
Yaymajyan679/
Jamiam677/
Iamiam674/
Yamjom674/
Yomyom674/
Yamyon672/
Eameam671/
Yasmajyan671/
Yomyan671/

Yamyam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yamyam in the Hindi language
यमयमyamayama-
Yamyam in the Russian language
Ямямamam-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Yamyam
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis