Yenge Surname
Approximately 4,650 people bear this surname
Yenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 3,188 | 1:23,174 | 2,928 |
| South Africa | 509 | 1:106,439 | 12,833 |
| Nigeria | 477 | 1:371,368 | 19,809 |
| Cameroon | 318 | 1:65,312 | 8,281 |
| India | 76 | 1:10,092,966 | 194,472 |
| Zambia | 21 | 1:754,758 | 27,278 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
The alternate forms: Yengé (1) are calculated separately.
Yenge (400) may also be a first name.
Yenge Demographics
Average Yenge Salary in
South Africa
R 110,628
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Yenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yenge (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻨﺞ, Marathi: येणगे) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Yengé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yenge? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yenge is the 101,545th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,567,214 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Yenge live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 75 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 431,593rd most frequently used first name in the world, held by 400 people.
The last name Yenge is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 3,188 people, or 1 in 23,174. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 25 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 11 percent are found and Nigeria, where 10 percent are found.
Yenge Last Name Statistics demography
Yenge earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.45% less than the national average, earning R 110,628 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yenge Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yenge in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻨﺞ | ynj | 76.6 |
| ﻳﻨﺠﻪ | ynjh | 23.4 |
| Yenge in the Marathi language | ||
| येणगे | yenage | 53.33 |
| येनगे | yenage | 24.44 |
| यगे | yage | 15.56 |
| यनगे | yanage | 4.44 |
| येणगेानोषा | yenageanosa | 2.22 |
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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 Yenge
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