Yelima Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Yelima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 95 | 1:218,622 | 22,080 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yelima (1,111) may also be a first name.
Yelima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yelima (Marathi: येलीमा, Oriya: େୟଲିମା) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yelima.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelima? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yelima is the 1,434,893rd most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name Yelima occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Yelima live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Yelima is also the 239,289th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 1,111 people.
The surname Yelima is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 218,622. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: East Region, where 66 percent live, Far North Region, where 33 percent live and North Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon Yelima exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 20 percent live and Benin, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yelima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yelima in the Oriya language | ||
| େୟଲିମା | eyalima | - |
| Yelima in the Marathi language | ||
| येलीमा | yelima | - |
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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 Yelima
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