Yelemi Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Yelemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Yelemi (12) may also be a first name.
Yelemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yelemi occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelemi? popularity and diffusion
Yelemi is the 2,746,821st most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Yelemi reside; 84 percent reside in Central Africa and 82 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Yelemi is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 1,801,941. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 10 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 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 Yelemi
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