Yelema Surname
Approximately 5,702 people bear this surname
Yelema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 5,634 | 1:17,314 | 2,331 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yelema (21,807) may also be a first name.
Yelema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yelema has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 84,694th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,278,068 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yelema are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 35,447th most commonly held given name globally, borne by 21,807 people.
Yelema is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 5,634 people, or 1 in 17,314. Other than Ethiopia it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 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
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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 Yelema
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