Yean Surname
Approximately 5,970 people bear this surname
Yean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 4,227 | 1:2,701 | 529 |
| Malaysia | 748 | 1:39,431 | 3,223 |
| India | 343 | 1:2,236,342 | 74,060 |
| United States | 140 | 1:2,588,992 | 156,804 |
| Singapore | 90 | 1:61,197 | 2,397 |
| Brunei | 73 | 1:5,736 | 837 |
| Indonesia | 68 | 1:1,944,841 | 122,869 |
| Ivory Coast | 66 | 1:349,564 | 12,508 |
| Thailand | 34 | 1:2,077,598 | 243,257 |
| Liberia | 30 | 1:146,951 | 10,677 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| Cambodia | 21 | 1:737,483 | 4,850 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Yean (19,505) may also be a first name.
Yean Demographics
Yean Political Affiliation
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Yean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yean Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yean (Marathi: येन) is held by more people in South Sudan than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Yean click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yean? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 81,377th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,220,694 people. Yean is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Yean are found; 71 percent are found in East Africa and 71 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Yean is also the 38,549th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 19,505 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in South Sudan, where it is held by 4,227 people, or 1 in 2,701. Outside of South Sudan this last name is found in 32 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 13 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
Yean Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Yean has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Yean surname rose 933 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Yean Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Yean surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Yean last name are 14.42% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 67.65% being registered with the party.
The amount Yean earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.11% less than the national average, earning $41,809 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.85% more than the national average, earning $54,575 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yean Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yean in the Marathi language | ||
| येन | yena | - |
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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 Yean
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