Yemalin Surname

292,632nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,306 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Yemalin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yemalin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,2881:75,7357,282
Benin171:607,97736,930
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Yemalin (4,864) may also be a first name.

Yemalin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yemalin is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yemalin? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 292,632nd most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 5,580,050 people. Yemalin is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yemalin live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Yemalin is also the 97,887th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 4,864 people.

It is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Outside of Ethiopia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Emalin9254/
Emalina8648/
Yemelin8629/
Jemalin868/
Emaln831/
Jaymalin80420/
Jemaling8010/
Jemaslin809/
Emmalina801/
Ayimalin801/
Ayamalin801/
Emolin7723/
Emalyn7711/
Jemaln771/
Jemelin7180/
Emolina718/
Aimalin713/
Gemalyn712/
Jemolin711/
Emmalyn711/
Emmayln711/
Haimalin674/
Gemmalyn672/
Ayemalem672/
Yesmalem671/
Emmaulen671/
Houmalin671/
Yemhelen671/
Emmaleen671/

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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 Yemalin
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