Yehun Surname

294,637th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,295 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Yehun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yehun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,2881:75,7357,282
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yehun (2,432) may also be a first name.

Yehun Last Name Facts

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

Yehun is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yehun.

How Common Is The Last Name Yehun? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 294,637th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 5,627,449 people. The last name Yehun occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yehun live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 150,156th most frequently held forename world-wide. It is borne by 2,432 people.

Yehun is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Outside of Ethiopia Yehun exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yehoun91482/
Yeun89527/
Yehoune831/
Yehound831/
Yeung80179,374/
Ehoun80889/
Yeoun8074/
Yejun8047/
Yeunh8015/
Yeyun8014/
Yeunt8011/
Yeeun8010/
Jehun805/
Yeune804/
Hyeun803/
Eheun801/
Yeund801/
Yhyun801/
Jehaun7366/
Jeyhun738/
Yeoung737/
Hyeung736/
Hyeeun736/
Yeucin733/
Hyeyun732/
Yehoum732/
Yeount731/
Jeahun731/
Yehhon731/
Eheoun731/
Yeoune731/
Ehujon731/
Hehyun731/
Ehihun731/
Yehoungue7149/
Yeon671,057/
Iyun67939/
Yeum67125/
Geun6751/
Aiyeyun6737/
Ejun6737/
Jehuing677/
Eoun674/
Yeutten673/
Hyeoung672/
Jeyhoun671/
Yeungue671/
Jeihoun671/
Jiyeoun671/
Ieun671/

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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 Yehun
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