Yemen Surname
Approximately 1,425 people bear this surname
Yemen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 673 | 1:115,634 | 9,717 |
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| Canada | 81 | 1:454,884 | 39,362 |
| Afghanistan | 43 | 1:747,748 | 8,015 |
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Iran | 26 | 1:2,953,174 | 90,148 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Northern Cyprus | 17 | 1:18,765 | 4,655 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
Yemen (2,810) may also be a first name.
Yemen Demographics
Average Yemen Salary in
Canada
$50,948 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Yemen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yemen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yemen (Arabic: يُمن, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻤﻦ, Oriya: େୟେମନ, Russian: Йемен) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yemen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 272,960th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,114,067 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 46 percent of Yemen live; 41 percent live in West Asia and 41 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 137,570th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 2,810 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 673 people, or 1 in 115,634. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 27 percent are found, Hakkari Province, where 13 percent are found and Sivas Province, where 10 percent are found. Other than Turkey this surname exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 32 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.
Yemen Last Name Statistics demography
Yemen earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 2.55% more than the national average, earning $50,948 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yemen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yemen in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻤﻦ | ymn | - |
| Yemen in the Oriya language | ||
| େୟେମନ | eyemana | - |
| Yemen in the Russian language | ||
| Йемен | jemen | - |
| Yemen in the Arabic language | ||
| يُمن | yumn | - |
| اليمن | alymn | - |
| يمن | ymn | - |
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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 Yemen
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