Yemesi Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yemesi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yemesi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yemesi (130) may also be a first name.

Yemesi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yemesi is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yemesi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yemesi is the 4,649,889th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Yemesi live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Yemesi is also the 814,623rd most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 130 people.

The surname Yemesi is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Western, where 100 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 22 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yemmesi924/
Yemeisi921/
Yemisi831,152/
Jemesi832/
Yemese832/
Yemegi831/
Yemisci7715/
Yemiese777/
Yemedji772/
Yemesep772/
Jemesci772/
Jemesis772/
Yemisie771/
Yiemisi771/
Yemesay771/
Ihemesi771/
Emezi73797/
Ihemesie7136/
Ihemeisi711/
Yemedjui711/
Emezie671,154/
Jemisi6789/
Emeazi6714/
Gemezi679/
Emezhi678/
Jemezi675/
Emeize673/
Yemece673/
Jemese672/
Yemise672/
Emezei672/
Yemizi671/
Yemice671/
Yemeze671/
Yemeje671/
Jemesy671/
Yemexe671/

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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 Yemesi
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