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 last name Yeleh occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeleh? popularity and diffusion
Yeleh is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Yeleh occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yeleh reside; 71 percent reside in Central Africa and 71 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Yeleh is also the 3,941,740th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 9 people.
The surname Yeleh is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon Yeleh is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 14 percent reside and Nigeria, where 14 percent reside.
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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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