Yele Surname
Approximately 15,541 people bear this surname
Yele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 10,358 | 1:74,055 | 5,023 |
| DR Congo | 1,594 | 1:46,349 | 5,628 |
| Cameroon | 1,150 | 1:18,060 | 2,460 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Gabon | 354 | 1:5,337 | 981 |
| Kenya | 308 | 1:149,935 | 11,921 |
| Ivory Coast | 262 | 1:88,058 | 4,686 |
| Benin | 247 | 1:41,845 | 5,373 |
| Nigeria | 221 | 1:801,551 | 35,769 |
| Turkey | 112 | 1:694,834 | 35,663 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Congo | 22 | 1:226,777 | 8,465 |
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| Burkina Faso | 18 | 1:1,019,561 | 10,177 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Yelé (1) & Yélé (3) are calculated separately.
Yele (6,030) may also be a first name.
Yele Demographics
Yele Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Yele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yele (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻠﻪ, Marathi: येळे) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Yelé or Yélé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yele? popularity and diffusion
Yele is the 34,104th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 468,924 people. Yele occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Yele reside; 67 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 85,393rd most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 6,030 people.
The last name is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 10,358 people, or 1 in 74,055. In India Yele is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 95 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 3 percent live and Telangana, where 2 percent live. Aside from India it occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 10 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 percent live.
Yele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Yele has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Yele last name increased 467 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
Yele earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.6% less than the national average, earning $37,714 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yele in the Marathi language | ||
| येळे | yele | 87.67 |
| येले | yele | 12.04 |
| य़ेळे | yele | 0.13 |
| येऴे | yele | 0.08 |
| येेळे | yeele | 0.03 |
| य़ेले | yele | 0.01 |
| येल | yela | 0.01 |
| येळेे | yelee | 0.01 |
| Yele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻠﻪ | ylh | 66.67 |
| ﻳﻠﻲ | yly | 16.67 |
| ﻳﻞ | yl | 16.67 |
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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 Yele
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