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) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yemen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 272,960th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,114,067 people. Yemen occurs mostly in Asia, where 46 percent of Yemen live; 41 percent live in West Asia and 41 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Yemen is also the 137,570th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 2,810 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 673 people, or 1 in 115,634. In Turkey Yemen is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 27 percent reside, Hakkari Province, where 13 percent reside and Sivas Province, where 10 percent reside. Not including Turkey this surname exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 32 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.
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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