Yellayah Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Yellayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
Yellayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yellayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yellayah is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Yellayah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yellayah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,812,366th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Yellayah live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Yellayah is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 18 percent are found and Mauritius, where 9 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 Yellayah
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