Yejian Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Yejian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 43 | 1:545,227 | 4,074 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yejian (17,438) may also be a first name.
Yejian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yejian Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yejian is borne by more people in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yejian.
How Common Is The Last Name Yejian? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,746,821st most frequent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Yejian are found; 98 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. Yejian is also the 41,761st most widespread given name in the world It is held by 17,438 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Taiwan, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 545,227. In Taiwan Yejian is most numerous in: Kaohsiung City, where 26 percent are found, New Taipei City, where 19 percent are found and Taoyuan City, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Taiwan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in China, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Yejian
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