Yellow Surname

146,334th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,030 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Yellow Surname Definition:

From peculiarity of costume in the original bearer-analogous to Blue, Scarlett, &c.

Yellow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,5641:113,2637,529
United States5451:665,06253,113
Hong Kong1831:40,085710
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
England1041:535,75133,356
China761:17,991,0731,021
Canada721:511,74443,418
Bahamas251:15,670784
Indonesia211:6,297,581275,398
Singapore211:262,27211,611
India191:40,371,862445,856
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Afghanistan181:1,786,28813,520
Myanmar161:3,246,124792
Belgium161:718,54060,840
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Benin111:939,60046,216
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Iran91:8,531,392160,212
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
France81:8,302,840321,660
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Monaco11:37,0664,748
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England721:338,54721,815
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Yellow (4,026) may also be a first name.

Yellow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From peculiarity of costume in the original bearer-analogous to Blue, Scarlett, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

This name is probably the same as Jolley, Jolly, Joly, Jelley, Jelly, Jelliff, Joliffe, Jolliffe, Jolliff, Iliff, Hiffe, Eylif, Jelf, Yelf, Ayliffe, Ayliff, Auliffe, Ayloffe, Aylove, Aloph, Aloof; all doubtless corrupted from Adolphus. I am confirmed in this last by Wright (in his History of Essex, vol. ii 443, note), who says, "The ancient Saxon family of Ayloffe was seated in Bocton or Boughton parish, hundred of Eythorne, near the Wye, in Kent, of which town they were possessors in the time of Henry the Third. The name Aloph was given to this town from having been anciently under the jurisdiction of Adolphus." Yester is found as the name of a parish co. Haddington.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Yellow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yellow is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yellow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 146,334th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,405,131 people. Yellow is primarily found in Africa, where 58 percent of Yellow live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 109,997th most frequent first name internationally, held by 4,026 people.

The last name Yellow is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,564 people, or 1 in 113,263. In Nigeria Yellow is mostly found in: Rivers, where 16 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 14 percent reside and Oyo, where 11 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Yellow exists in 79 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Hong Kong, where 6 percent reside.

Yellow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Yellow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Yellow last name increased 9,083 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 144 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Yellow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Yellow surname are 16.19% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.96% registered with the party.

The amount Yellow earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54% less than the national average, earning R 109,320 per year; in United States they earn 42.19% less than the national average, earning $24,945 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.21% more than the national average, earning $54,756 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yellowe92514/
Yellowa922/
Yelow911/
Jellow83390/
Yeslow8346/
Yelowe832/
Yelowa832/
Yellaw831/
Elliow830/
Jellows7724/
Geillow770/
Jelow73311/
Yelov7328/
Ehlow7323/
Ellov735/
Ellof732/
Elowf731/
Yelof731/
Elhow731/
Ellhof6736/
Yelova6724/
Elloff6719/
Jeelow6714/
Yelawe6711/
Gellov677/
Yellub674/
Ellova673/
Jelhow672/
Ellouf671/
Yellav671/
Ellavw671/
Yeloff671/

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