Yelby Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Yelby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yelby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806

Yelby (20) may also be a first name.

Yelby Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yelby Come From? nationality or country of origin

Yelby is found most in Burkina Faso. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Yelby.

How Common Is The Last Name Yelby? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Yelby live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Mande Africa. Yelby is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 20 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 9,176,050. In Burkina Faso Yelby is most frequent in: Centre-Est Region, where 50 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 50 percent reside. Beside Burkina Faso this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 50 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yelbey91448/
Yelbay91108/
Yelboy9156/
Elby892,298/
Yelbaya8312/
Yelbi802,390/
Elbay802,195/
Elbey801,964/
Elbhy80214/
Yelbe8015/
Ellby8013/
Yelba8011/
Gelby806/
Eilby805/
Elboy804/
Jelby803/
Elbuy801/
Aelby800/
Elbohy732,239/
Yelbai7345/
Yelbiz7332/
Gelboy7317/
Ejleby7311/
Jellby739/
Elbaya736/
Elbhay732/
Yelber732/
Oelbey731/
Yoelvy731/
Eileby731/
Elbehy731/
Yelbie731/
Yielbi731/
Ellbey731/
Goelby730/
Healby730/
Yelboğa672,121/
Elbe671,668/
Elvy671,271/
Elbi67952/
Elbahey67709/
Auelbay6745/
Yelbuğa6731/
Elbahay6714/
Elbahiy674/
Heelboy671/
Gaylbay671/
Elbj671/

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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 Yelby
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