Yeh Surname
Approximately 28,911 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameYeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,362 | 1:31,901 | 3,989 |
| Pakistan | 4,908 | 1:36,399 | 1,676 |
| Thailand | 2,230 | 1:31,676 | 3,171 |
| Mexico | 1,777 | 1:69,852 | 3,129 |
| Canada | 1,322 | 1:27,871 | 3,692 |
| Taiwan | 1,178 | 1:19,902 | 287 |
| Cameroon | 1,034 | 1:20,086 | 2,736 |
| Egypt | 763 | 1:120,492 | 9,804 |
| China | 619 | 1:2,208,920 | 362 |
| Malaysia | 517 | 1:57,049 | 4,345 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Australia | 395 | 1:68,344 | 8,129 |
| France | 194 | 1:342,385 | 51,549 |
| Netherlands | 182 | 1:92,787 | 15,250 |
| Ivory Coast | 154 | 1:149,813 | 7,008 |
| Japan | 149 | 1:858,015 | 18,698 |
| England | 135 | 1:412,726 | 28,150 |
| Hong Kong | 133 | 1:55,154 | 1,029 |
| New Zealand | 121 | 1:37,424 | 6,365 |
| Philippines | 116 | 1:872,743 | 80,276 |
| Indonesia | 98 | 1:1,349,482 | 93,150 |
| South Africa | 96 | 1:564,351 | 43,987 |
| Germany | 75 | 1:1,073,406 | 72,288 |
| Brazil | 75 | 1:2,854,324 | 84,307 |
| Iran | 70 | 1:1,096,893 | 49,021 |
| Cambodia | 61 | 1:253,888 | 3,292 |
| Brunei | 61 | 1:6,864 | 951 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Argentina | 52 | 1:821,989 | 54,134 |
| Spain | 47 | 1:994,724 | 37,216 |
| Sweden | 46 | 1:214,060 | 14,843 |
| Chile | 41 | 1:429,670 | 11,433 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Liberia | 30 | 1:146,951 | 10,677 |
| Belgium | 28 | 1:410,594 | 42,948 |
| Belize | 25 | 1:14,219 | 1,533 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Costa Rica | 20 | 1:239,003 | 2,820 |
| Ecuador | 19 | 1:837,150 | 13,424 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| South Korea | 12 | 1:4,270,021 | 781 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| Vietnam | 7 | 1:13,235,151 | 2,948 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 1:1,447,349 | 11,454 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
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 SubmissionsThe meaning of this surname is leaf.
The surname ideogram in Simplified Chinese 叶
The surname ideogram in Traditional Chinese is 葉
- cristina_yehYeh Demographics
Yeh Political Affiliation
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yesh | 86 | 5,976 | / |
| Yieh | 86 | 228 | / |
| Yeuh | 86 | 39 | / |
| Yech | 86 | 32 | / |
| Hyeh | 86 | 19 | / |
| Yejh | 86 | 2 | / |
| Yeph | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yehp | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yehï | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yedh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yerh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ye | 80 | 7,320,967 | / |
| Yiech | 75 | 16,134 | / |
| Aiyeh | 75 | 347 | / |
| Hyesh | 75 | 22 | / |
| Eyieh | 75 | 21 | / |
| Oyieh | 75 | 18 | / |
| Yeths | 75 | 6 | / |
| Ayyeh | 75 | 6 | / |
| Jyesh | 75 | 3 | / |
| Aayeh | 75 | 3 | / |
| Uyieh | 75 | 3 | / |
| Yehga | 75 | 3 | / |
| Yetch | 75 | 2 | / |
| Yehyi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Oiyeh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yehiy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yetth | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yhheh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yhieh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uyjeh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yieah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yezch | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yeddh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yhehe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hyerh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yecht | 75 | 0 | / |
| Yee | 67 | 189,056 | / |
| Yes | 67 | 17,931 | / |
| Hye | 67 | 9,097 | / |
| Yet | 67 | 7,321 | / |
| Yoe | 67 | 6,817 | / |
| Yep | 67 | 3,053 | / |
| Yer | 67 | 2,913 | / |
| Yhy | 67 | 2,535 | / |
| Jeh | 67 | 1,834 | / |
| Yea | 67 | 1,832 | / |
| Ehi | 67 | 1,445 | / |
| Yie | 67 | 1,227 | / |
| Ehe | 67 | 1,135 | / |
| Yed | 67 | 1,001 | / |
| Øye | 67 | 979 | / |
| Yey | 67 | 813 | / |
| Yez | 67 | 724 | / |
| Jye | 67 | 362 | / |
| Yhi | 67 | 258 | / |
| Eeh | 67 | 199 | / |
| Yha | 67 | 128 | / |
| Yeğ | 67 | 105 | / |
| Euh | 67 | 79 | / |
| Yhe | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ehy | 67 | 30 | / |
| Haiyeh | 67 | 20 | / |
| Yeï | 67 | 19 | / |
| Hayyeh | 67 | 15 | / |
| Aheyeh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Yjh | 67 | 12 | / |
| Iyh | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ahayeh | 67 | 10 | / |
| Aayesh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Yhj | 67 | 9 | / |
| Yyh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yej | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ehj | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ayyesh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ejh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aiyech | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yaeish | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aiyesh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yehtts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoiyeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yeî | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayiech | 67 | 1 | / |
Yeh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yeh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻳﻴﻪ | ayyh | - |
| Yeh in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡེཤ་ | yesha | - |
| Yeh in the Arabic language | ||
| لييه | lyyh | - |
| ييه | yyh | - |
| يه | yh | - |
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