Yelf Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Yelf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yelf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England461:1,211,26256,182
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England721:338,54721,815

Yelf Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yelf Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Yelf is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yelf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yelf is the 2,460,878th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Yelf are found; 75 percent are found in Northern Europe and 75 percent are found in British Isles.

Yelf is most common in England, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 1,211,262. In England it is most prevalent in: Hampshire, where 30 percent are found, West Sussex, where 24 percent are found and Somerset, where 20 percent are found. Beside England this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.

Yelf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Yelf has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Yelf last name contracted 36 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Yelf Last Name Statistics demography

Yelf earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 3.29% more than the national average, earning $51,320 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yelfe89139/
Hyelf891/
Elf864,872/
Oelf75644/
Jelf75549/
Eilf7595/
Gelf7593/
Elff7532/
Uelf759/
Ellf756/
Elhf755/
Aelf753/
Eulf753/
Elvf751/
Ehlf751/
Eylf751/
Aylf751/
Jelfs671,072/
Gelff6733/
Gellf6725/
Heilf6722/
Huelf6710/
Goelf674/
Jehlf673/
Geilf672/
Ayelw671/
Uuylf671/
Aylef671/
Heulf671/
Eellf671/
Heelf671/
Hielf670/
Jelff670/
Uylfe670/
Jelfe670/

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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 Yelf
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