Yelleh Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Yelleh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 99 | 1:44,531 | 4,051 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yelleh (22) may also be a first name.
Yelleh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelleh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yelleh is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelleh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,849,867th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Yelleh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yelleh reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 22 people.
This last name is most widespread in Liberia, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 44,531. In Liberia Yelleh is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 49 percent live, Montserrado County, where 36 percent live and Gbarpolu County, where 7 percent live. Not including Liberia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Yelleh
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