Yemah Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Yemah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Liberia | 29 | 1:152,018 | 10,911 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yemah (189) may also be a first name.
Yemah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yemah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yemah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻤﺎﻩ) is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yemah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yemah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,312,869th most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name Yemah is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Yemah reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Yemah is also the 661,310th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 189 people.
The surname Yemah is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 4,560,317. In Indonesia Yemah is primarily concentrated in: East Java, where 93 percent reside, Central Sulawesi, where 3 percent reside and Papua, where 3 percent reside. Besides Indonesia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 43 percent reside and Mauritania, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yemah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yemah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻤﺎﻩ | ymah | - |
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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
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- 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 Yemah
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