Yelten Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yelten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yelten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3251:239,45116,815
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:1,167,87666,381

Yelten (15) may also be a first name.

Yelten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yelten is most common in Turkey. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yelten? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yelten is the 833,931st most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 22,016,755 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 74 percent of Yelten reside; 74 percent reside in West Asia and 74 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Yelten is also the 2,900,335th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is held by 325 people, or 1 in 239,451. In Turkey Yelten is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 39 percent reside, Tekirdag Province, where 10 percent reside and Tokat Province, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Turkey this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Yelten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Yelten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Yelten last name decreased 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hyelten920/
Elten91186/
Jelten83151/
Gelten83124/
Yeltin8367/
Eltenn837/
Eltten830/
Ealten830/
Yelting7711/
Hjelten771/
Gielten770/
Eltin7381/
Eltén7328/
Eyletten71101/
Heilthen711/
Hayeltin710/
Eltina6713/
Elhtin678/
Aulten677/
Jeltin677/
Jeltem675/
Oulten671/
Eltion671/
Geltin670/
Jelting6271/
Eilting6268/
Ayaltin6210/
Hjeltén624/
Houlten623/
Ehaltin621/
Goulten621/
Hoeltin621/
Oultten621/
Haulten620/
Aultuen620/
Hjelting5732/
Hjeltäng571/
Eiselltyn530/
Aultin502/
Oultin501/

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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 Yelten
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