Yelau Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Yelau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Yelau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yelau is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yelau is the 6,723,624th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Yelau occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 88 percent of Yelau reside; 88 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 88 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 86 percent are found and National Capital District, where 14 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 13 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 Yelau
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