Yempew Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Yempew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yempew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397

Yempew Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yempew occurs most in Ghana. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yempew? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yempew is the 940,398th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yempew reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most common in Ghana, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Barring Ghana Yempew is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yampew832/
Yaempiw772/
Aeampew771/
Yampiew771/
Embew7352/
Yebew736/
Yampiw673/
Impiew671/
Yambew671/
Yiembow622/
Aiempiw621/
Ampaw55428/
Ampow55168/
Embaw5540/
Ompaw5511/
Embow557/
Embiw555/
Imbew552/
Umpaw552/
Embuw551/
Ampiaw503,294/
Ampouw5041/
Ambeew5019/
Yambaw508/
Aumpiw502/

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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 Yempew
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