Yellowlee Surname

14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Yellowlee Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Yellowley.' I cannot find the spot. It seems to be a North-English surname. Its meaning is simple, viz. 'the golden meadow,' whether from its yellow flowers or yellow clayey soil, I cannot say.

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Yellowlee Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Yellowlee Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Yellowley.' I cannot find the spot. It seems to be a North-English surname. Its meaning is simple, viz. 'the golden meadow,' whether from its yellow flowers or yellow clayey soil, I cannot say.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Of local origin probably from the "Sichetum qui vocatur ylalwleche extendens ad medium marisii de Balnedrum' mentioned in a thirteenth-century charter (RD., p. 223). Balnedrum is now Bandrum in the parish of Saline. Gillelmus Yhalulok was a student in St. Andrews, 1413 (ERUS., p. 1), David Yhaliluk and Thomas Yhaliluk appear as witnesses in 1445 (Cambus., 214), and in 1459 'Sir' Duncan lhaluloh exchanged the rectory of the church of Ranpatrick for the benefice of Crawfurd-Lindsay (LSC., p. 148). In 1467 he appears again as Duncan Yalulok, vicar of Crawford-Lindsay (Soltre, p. cxix), and as Duncan Yhalulok, presbyter of St. Andrews diocese in 1470 (Wemyss, II, p. 98). Bardsley gives Yellowley as a northern English surname of local origin, but "cannot find the spot."

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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Yellowlee Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yellowlee occurs in Canada more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yellowlee? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 14,316,765th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Yellowlee occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Yellowlee live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Yellowlee is most widely held in Canada, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 36,845,591. In Canada it is mostly concentrated in: Ontario, where 100 percent are found.

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Yellowlees95343/
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