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
Yelay (Marathi: येलाय) is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yelay is the 5,213,395th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Yelay reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 29 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 36 people.
It is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Barring Ethiopia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found 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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