Yec Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Philippines

Yec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia621:2,133,052131,589
Philippines501:2,024,764119,725
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Yec (37) may also be a first name.

Yec Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yec occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Yec click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yec? popularity and diffusion

Yec is the 1,628,521st most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Yec reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Yec is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 37 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 2,133,052. In Indonesia Yec is primarily concentrated in: West Papua, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 41 percent are found and Thailand, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yeck86878/
Yech8632/
Yoec8614/
Yesc862/
Yezc862/
Hyec862/
Yedc861/
Yecc861/
Yiech7516,134/
Yecke75158/
Yeche75104/
Yechs758/
Yheck756/
Yetch752/
Yezch751/
Jyeci751/
Yecks751/
Hyeck751/
Yes6717,931/
Ech6712,417/
Yek672,360/
Yez67724/
Yetche67109/
Jec6784/
Yex6761/
Yeg6739/
Yeq6734/
Ecg6722/
Hyeche6718/
Iec6716/
Yyc6712/
Ehc678/
Eqc677/
Yej676/
Yjc676/
Iyc674/
Aiyech673/
Yehche671/
Ayiech671/
Ecq671/
Yetcht670/

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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 Yec
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