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 surname Yeih (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻳﻴﻪ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeih? popularity and diffusion
Yeih is the 5,587,209th most frequently held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Yeih are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most common first name at a global level, borne by 21 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Yeih is most common in: Nasarawa, where 60 percent reside and Rivers, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Yeih occurs in 3 countries. It is also found 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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