Yellem Surname
Approximately 376 people bear this surname
Yellem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 352 | 1:59,003 | 7,595 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Yellem (32) may also be a first name.
Yellem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yellem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yellem is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yellem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 760,012th most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 19,381,771 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Yellem are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 32 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 352 people, or 1 in 59,003. In Cameroon Yellem is most frequent in: East Region, where 91 percent reside, Centre Region, where 5 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Yellem
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