Yela Surname
Approximately 15,947 people bear this surname
Yela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 10,788 | 1:4,428 | 693 |
| Ecuador | 1,378 | 1:11,543 | 1,859 |
| Spain | 746 | 1:62,670 | 5,669 |
| DR Congo | 732 | 1:100,928 | 11,306 |
| India | 601 | 1:1,276,315 | 50,343 |
| Tanzania | 405 | 1:130,720 | 12,231 |
| Nigeria | 253 | 1:700,169 | 32,315 |
| Guatemala | 226 | 1:71,162 | 2,577 |
| Congo | 213 | 1:23,423 | 2,592 |
| Mexico | 147 | 1:844,396 | 11,980 |
| United States | 142 | 1:2,552,528 | 155,105 |
| Cameroon | 104 | 1:199,703 | 20,621 |
| Venezuela | 72 | 1:419,501 | 8,522 |
| Ivory Coast | 26 | 1:887,355 | 22,826 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Yela (1,596) may also be a first name.
Yela Demographics
Yela Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Yela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yela (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻞ, Hindi: येला, Marathi: येला, Oriya: େୟଲା, Tibetan: ཡིད་ལ་) is held by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 33,305th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 456,985 people. The surname Yela occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Yela reside; 77 percent reside in South America and 68 percent reside in Caribbean South America. Yela is also the 193,491st most numerous given name internationally, borne by 1,596 people.
The last name Yela is most frequently used in Colombia, where it is borne by 10,788 people, or 1 in 4,428. In Colombia Yela is most frequent in: Nariño Department, where 60 percent are found, Putumayo Department, where 18 percent are found and Valle del Cauca Department, where 10 percent are found. Barring Colombia Yela occurs in 44 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 9 percent are found and Spain, where 5 percent are found.
Yela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Yela has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Yela last name rose 14,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Yela last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
The amount Yela earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 28.27% less than the national average, earning $16,284,500 COP per year and in United States they earn 3.45% more than the national average, earning $44,639 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yela in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻞ | yl | - |
| Yela in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡིད་ལ་ | yila | - |
| Yela in the Hindi language | ||
| येला | yela | - |
| Yela in the Oriya language | ||
| େୟଲା | eyala | - |
| Yela in the Marathi language | ||
| येला | yela | 86.84 |
| येळा | yela | 13.16 |
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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 Yela
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