Yelem Surname
Approximately 1,190 people bear this surname
Yelem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 649 | 1:32,002 | 4,321 |
| Indonesia | 399 | 1:331,452 | 28,960 |
| India | 130 | 1:5,900,503 | 139,327 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Yelem (65) may also be a first name.
Yelem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yelem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺴﻠﻢ, Hindi: येलेम, Marathi: येलमे, Oriya: େୟେଲମ୍) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Yelem.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 315,325th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,123,988 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Yelem reside; 54 percent reside in Central Africa and 41 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most widely held first name globally It is held by 65 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 649 people, or 1 in 32,002. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: East Region, where 82 percent are found, Centre Region, where 9 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 34 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yelem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yelem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺴﻠﻢ | yslm | - |
| Yelem in the Hindi language | ||
| येलेम | yelema | - |
| Yelem in the Oriya language | ||
| େୟେଲମ୍ | eyelam | - |
| Yelem in the Marathi language | ||
| येलमे | yelame | - |
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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 Yelem
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