Yene Surname
Approximately 5,502 people bear this surname
Yene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,661 | 1:7,805 | 1,001 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,156 | 1:19,958 | 1,505 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| India | 129 | 1:5,946,243 | 139,967 |
| Burkina Faso | 22 | 1:834,186 | 9,118 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Senegal | 16 | 1:911,209 | 3,010 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
The alternate forms: Yené (3), Yéne (1) & Yéné (2) are calculated separately.
Yene (8,402) may also be a first name.
Yene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻦ, Marathi: येणे) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Yené, Yéne or Yéné. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yene? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 87,434th most frequent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 1,324,527 people. Yene is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Yene are found; 51 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Yene is also the 68,846th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 8,402 people.
The surname Yene is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,661 people, or 1 in 7,805. In Cameroon Yene is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 83 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 7 percent are found and South Region, where 6 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 23 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yene in the Marathi language | ||
| येणे | yene | 83.12 |
| येने | yene | 15.58 |
| येङे | yene | 1.3 |
| Yene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻦ | yn | 60 |
| ﻳﻨﻰ | yny | 20 |
| ﻳﻨﻪ | ynh | 20 |
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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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- 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 Yene
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