Yeh Surname

19,027th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,911 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Brunei

Yeh Surname User-submission:

The surnames Yeh and Ye'are the romanization to the Mandarin pronunciation of the Chinese word 葉 (traditional) 叶(simplification).

In the other Chinese languages 葉/叶 could also be romanized as Yip, Ip, and Jip in Cantonese; Yapp, Yiapp and Yeap in Hakka.

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Yeh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,3621:31,9013,989
Pakistan4,9081:36,3991,676
Thailand2,2301:31,6763,171
Mexico1,7771:69,8523,129
Canada1,3221:27,8713,692
Taiwan1,1781:19,902287
Cameroon1,0341:20,0862,736
Egypt7631:120,4929,804
China6191:2,208,920362
Malaysia5171:57,0494,345
Bangladesh4511:353,3419,758
Australia3951:68,3448,129
France1941:342,38551,549
Netherlands1821:92,78715,250
Ivory Coast1541:149,8137,008
Japan1491:858,01518,698
England1351:412,72628,150
Hong Kong1331:55,1541,029
New Zealand1211:37,4246,365
Philippines1161:872,74380,276
Indonesia981:1,349,48293,150
South Africa961:564,35143,987
Germany751:1,073,40672,288
Brazil751:2,854,32484,307
Iran701:1,096,89349,021
Cambodia611:253,8883,292
Brunei611:6,864951
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
Argentina521:821,98954,134
Spain471:994,72437,216
Sweden461:214,06014,843
Chile411:429,67011,433
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Liberia301:146,95110,677
Belgium281:410,59442,948
Belize251:14,2191,533
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Costa Rica201:239,0032,820
Ecuador191:837,15013,424
India181:42,614,743461,117
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
South Korea121:4,270,021781
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Guam81:20,0153,029
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Yemen71:3,775,04217,439
Vietnam71:13,235,1512,948
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Norway61:857,04855,549
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Austria51:1,703,08789,702
Paraguay51:1,447,34911,454
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Yeh (4,177) may also be a first name.

Yeh Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surnames Yeh and Ye'are the romanization to the Mandarin pronunciation of the Chinese word 葉 (traditional) 叶(simplification).

In the other Chinese languages 葉/叶 could also be romanized as Yip, Ip, and Jip in Cantonese; Yapp, Yiapp and Yeap in Hakka.

- Forebears.io Manual Submissions

The meaning of this surname is leaf.

The surname ideogram in Simplified Chinese 叶

The surname ideogram in Traditional Chinese is 葉

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Yeh Last Name Facts

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

Yeh (Arabic: لييه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻳﻴﻪ, Tibetan: ཡེཤ་) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yeh? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 19,027th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 252,068 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Yeh are found; 48 percent are found in North America and 42 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 107,402nd most common given name at a global level, held by 4,177 people.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 11,362 people, or 1 in 31,901. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 48 percent live, New York, where 9 percent live and Texas, where 8 percent live. Not including The United States Yeh exists in 88 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 17 percent live and Thailand, where 8 percent live.

Yeh Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Yeh last name are 5.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.43% registered with the political party.

The amount Yeh earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 2599.32% more than the national average, earning R 6,414,610 per year; in United States they earn 34.68% more than the national average, earning $58,115 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.82% more than the national average, earning $60,526 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yesh865,976/
Yieh86228/
Yeuh8639/
Yech8632/
Hyeh8619/
Yejh862/
Yeph861/
Yehp861/
Yehï861/
Yedh861/
Yerh861/
Ye807,320,967/
Yiech7516,134/
Aiyeh75347/
Hyesh7522/
Eyieh7521/
Oyieh7518/
Yeths756/
Ayyeh756/
Jyesh753/
Aayeh753/
Uyieh753/
Yehga753/
Yetch752/
Yehyi752/
Oiyeh751/
Yehiy751/
Yetth751/
Yhheh751/
Yhieh751/
Uyjeh751/
Yieah751/
Yezch751/
Yeddh751/
Yhehe751/
Hyerh751/
Yecht750/
Yee67189,056/
Yes6717,931/
Hye679,097/
Yet677,321/
Yoe676,817/
Yep673,053/
Yer672,913/
Yhy672,535/
Jeh671,834/
Yea671,832/
Ehi671,445/
Yie671,227/
Ehe671,135/
Yed671,001/
Øye67979/
Yey67813/
Yez67724/
Jye67362/
Yhi67258/
Eeh67199/
Yha67128/
Yeğ67105/
Euh6779/
Yhe6730/
Ehy6730/
Haiyeh6720/
Yeï6719/
Hayyeh6715/
Aheyeh6713/
Yjh6712/
Iyh6712/
Ahayeh6710/
Aayesh679/
Yhj679/
Yyh678/
Yej676/
Ehj675/
Ayyesh674/
Ejh673/
Aiyech673/
Yaeish672/
Aiyesh671/
Yehtts671/
Hoiyeh671/
Yeî671/
Ayiech671/

Yeh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yeh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻳﻴﻪayyh-
Yeh in the Tibetan language
ཡེཤ་yesha-
Yeh in the Arabic language
لييهlyyh-
ييهyyh-
يهyh-

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