Yehenew Surname

159,055th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,744 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Yehenew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yehenew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia2,7371:35,6404,079
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Yehenew (1,639) may also be a first name.

Yehenew Last Name Facts

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

Yehenew occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Yehenew click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yehenew? popularity and diffusion

It is the 159,055th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 2,655,811 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yehenew reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Yehenew is also the 190,443rd most widespread given name internationally It is held by 1,639 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,737 people, or 1 in 35,640. Other than Ethiopia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yhenew921/
Yihenew864,990/
Yehinew864/
Yehanew861/
Yihienew801/
Geenew772/
Yhanew771/
Yehouenow751/
Yehanaw711/
Yihenaw711/
Yohanew711/
Ehinow621/
Ayhanow574/
Yohannaw531/
Jehanneuf5065/

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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
  • 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 Yehenew
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