Yelai Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Yelai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 62 | 1:378,141 | 2,960 |
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Yelai (53) may also be a first name.
Yelai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yelai (Marathi: येळाई) is more frequently found in Taiwan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yelai is the 1,775,494th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Yelai is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Yelai are found; 60 percent are found in East Asia and 60 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. Yelai is also the 1,366,219th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 53 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Taiwan, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 378,141. In Taiwan Yelai is primarily concentrated in: Chiayi County, where 16 percent reside, Taoyuan City, where 16 percent reside and New Taipei City, where 13 percent reside. Beside Taiwan this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 38 percent reside and China, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yelai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yelai in the Marathi language | ||
| येळाई | yela'i | 70.13 |
| येलाई | yela'i | 23.38 |
| येळाइ | yela'i | 2.6 |
| येळै | yelai | 2.6 |
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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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- 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 Yelai
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