Yehuda Surname

454,357th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 746 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Yehuda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yehuda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel2821:30,3464,321
United States2181:1,662,656110,804
Indonesia1691:782,54059,655
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
England11:55,718,059489,080
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Yehuda (5,649) may also be a first name.

Yehuda Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yehuda (Marathi: येहुदा) has its highest incidence in Israel. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yehuda? popularity and diffusion

Yehuda is the 454,357th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,768,828 people. The surname Yehuda is mostly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Yehuda are found; 38 percent are found in West Asia and 38 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 89,050th most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 5,649 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Israel, where it is borne by 282 people, or 1 in 30,346. In Israel it is mostly concentrated in: Haifa District, where 46 percent are found, Jerusalem District, where 19 percent are found and Judea and Samaria Area, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Israel Yehuda occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Indonesia, where 23 percent are found.

Yehuda Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Yehuda surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

The amount Yehuda earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 28.4% more than the national average, earning $55,402 USD per year and in Canada they earn 58.4% more than the national average, earning $78,699 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yehudai92903/
Yehudah92184/
Yehuday9214/
Yehouda9213/
Yeuda918/
Yehoudai864/
Yehuddah861/
Jehuda8361/
Ehouda831/
Yeudai831/
Jehudat7726/
Jehudai773/
Jehouda773/
Yehodai771/
Yeoudai771/
Geuda73117/
Yeoda7310/
Eouda733/
Iyuda733/
Yeudo731/
Ejuda731/
Ehudo731/
Ehiudo67146/
Jeouda6790/
Hiyuda672/
Eoudaa672/
Yujuda671/
Jehudo671/
Iyouda671/
Geudea671/
Ejjuda671/

Yehuda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yehuda in the Marathi language
येहुदाyehuda-

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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 Yehuda
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