Yeleh Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Yeleh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yeleh (9) may also be a first name.
Yeleh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeleh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yeleh is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Yeleh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeleh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Yeleh is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yeleh reside; 71 percent reside in Central Africa and 71 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most widely held forename at a global level It is held by 9 people.
The surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 14 percent are found and Nigeria, where 14 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 Yeleh
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