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
Yelema occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelema? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 84,694th most numerous family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,278,068 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yelema reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Yelema is also the 35,447th most common first name on earth, borne by 21,807 people.
The last name Yelema is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 5,634 people, or 1 in 17,314. Aside from Ethiopia it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 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
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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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