Yelyen Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Yelyen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 34 | 1:2,288,865 | 74,619 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Yelyen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelyen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yelyen is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelyen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,944,094th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 45 percent of Yelyen are found; 45 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 45 percent are found in East Thrace and Karpass.
Yelyen is most frequent in Turkey, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 2,288,865. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 62 percent are found, Kastamonu Province, where 32 percent are found and Tokat Province, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Turkey this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 20 percent are found and Kuwait, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Yelyen
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