Yelay Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Yelay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Yelay (36) may also be a first name.
Yelay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yelay (Marathi: येलाय) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Yelay occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Yelay live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 29 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Yelay is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 36 people.
It is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Not including Ethiopia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Myanmar, where 29 percent reside and India, where 21 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yelay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yelay in the Marathi language | ||
| येलाय | yelaya | 60 |
| येलय | yelaya | 40 |
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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 Yelay
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