Yemit Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Yemit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 47 | 1:982,551 | 34,283 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Yemit (24) may also be a first name.
Yemit Demographics
Yemit Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Yemit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yemit Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yemit is found most in Kenya. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yemit? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most numerous family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Yemit live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Yemit is also the 2,187,323rd most common forename in the world. It is borne by 24 people.
It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 982,551. In Kenya Yemit is primarily concentrated in: Baringo County, where 98 percent live and West Pokot County, where 2 percent live. Besides Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Yemit Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Yemit
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