Yelets Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Yelets Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Yelets Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelets Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yelets is found in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelets? popularity and diffusion
Yelets is the 6,360,413th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Yelets occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Yelets live; 67 percent live in Eastern Europe and 67 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 24,020,509. In Russia it is primarily found in: Lipetsk Oblast, where 83 percent live and Voronezh Oblast, where 17 percent live. Other than Russia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent live and Turkmenistan, where 11 percent live.
Yelets Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Yelets has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Yelets
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