Yeih Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Yeih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Yeih (21) may also be a first name.
Yeih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeih Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yeih (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻳﻴﻪ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeih? popularity and diffusion
Yeih is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Yeih live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring given name in the world, held by 21 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 60 percent reside and Rivers, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yeih Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yeih in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻳﻴﻪ | ayyh | - |
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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
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- 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 Yeih
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