Yemek Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Yemek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 97 | 1:802,283 | 39,237 |
| Indonesia | 71 | 1:1,862,665 | 118,960 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yemek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yemek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yemek is found most frequently in Turkey. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yemek? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,295,379th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name Yemek occurs predominantly in Asia, where 52 percent of Yemek are found; 52 percent are found in West Asia and 51 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
Yemek is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 802,283. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Kahramanmaras Province, where 74 percent live, Kocaeli Province, where 9 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 7 percent live. Excluding Turkey this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 41 percent live and Jordan, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeymek | 91 | 41 | / |
| Yemeke | 91 | 8 | / |
| Yemekh | 91 | 6 | / |
| Yemeck | 91 | 5 | / |
| Yesmek | 91 | 1 | / |
| Emek | 89 | 6,745 | / |
| Oyemeke | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ayemeke | 83 | 1 | / |
| Uymek | 80 | 26 | / |
| Yemec | 80 | 15 | / |
| Gemek | 80 | 12 | / |
| Aemek | 80 | 4 | / |
| Eymek | 80 | 3 | / |
| Eamek | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yemex | 80 | 3 | / |
| Emeak | 80 | 2 | / |
| Jemek | 80 | 1 | / |
| Emmek | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yemik | 80 | 1 | / |
| Emeek | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iemek | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iyemeake | 77 | 8 | / |
| Iyemheak | 77 | 3 | / |
| Yemike | 73 | 60 | / |
| Emmeck | 73 | 39 | / |
| Oyomek | 73 | 27 | / |
| Eimeke | 73 | 3 | / |
| Iemeak | 73 | 2 | / |
| Eameak | 73 | 2 | / |
| Aiemek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Emmeak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aemeak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Giemek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Geamek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yemeeq | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yemegs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jemeke | 73 | 0 | / |
| Iyemheake | 71 | 18 | / |
| Emik | 67 | 1,147 | / |
| Oyemike | 67 | 856 | / |
| Eimecke | 67 | 211 | / |
| Hoyomek | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ayemike | 67 | 5 | / |
| Emeg | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ayomeke | 67 | 4 | / |
| Emyk | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eyemike | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yemkova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ayameke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emík | 67 | 1 | / |
| Johymek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejemeke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyomeke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hyesmik | 67 | 0 | / |
| Heimeke | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Yemek
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