Yehi Surname
Approximately 797 people bear this surname
Yehi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 663 | 1:34,798 | 2,305 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Liberia | 18 | 1:244,919 | 15,115 |
| Yemen | 11 | 1:2,402,299 | 14,089 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Yehi (2,403) may also be a first name.
Yehi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yehi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yehi (Hindi: येही, Marathi: येही) is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yehi.
How Common Is The Last Name Yehi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 431,914th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 9,143,721 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Yehi reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yehi is also the 151,393rd most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,403 people.
The surname Yehi is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 663 people, or 1 in 34,798. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 67 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 21 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 6 percent reside. Not including The Ivory Coast Yehi exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 7 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yehi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yehi in the Hindi language | ||
| येही | yehi | - |
| Yehi in the Marathi language | ||
| येही | yehi | - |
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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 Yehi
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