Yenay Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Yenay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 88 | 1:50,097 | 4,478 |
| Turkey | 41 | 1:1,898,083 | 67,283 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Yenay (136) may also be a first name.
Yenay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yenay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yenay is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yenay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yenay is the 1,558,593rd most frequently used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. Yenay is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Yenay are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 794,286th most frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 136 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 50,097. In Liberia Yenay is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 39 percent live, Nimba County, where 39 percent live and Margibi County, where 19 percent live. Besides Liberia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 31 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Yenay
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