Yeneh Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Yeneh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Yeneh (42) may also be a first name.
Yeneh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeneh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yeneh has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeneh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Yeneh is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Yeneh reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 42 people.
Yeneh is most widespread in Liberia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Nimba County, where 60 percent live, Grand Bassa County, where 10 percent live and Lofa County, where 10 percent live. Apart from Liberia it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent live and Cameroon, where 11 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 Yeneh
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