Yeop Surname

968,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 268 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Yeop Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yeop Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia2331:126,5858,240
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England31:18,572,686338,250
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

Yeop (242) may also be a first name.

Yeop Last Name Facts

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

Yeop is found in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yeop? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yeop is the 968,490th most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 27,192,336 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Yeop live; 89 percent live in Southeast Asia and 87 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 574,510th most widely held forename internationally It is held by 242 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is carried by 233 people, or 1 in 126,585. In Malaysia Yeop is most prevalent in: Perak, where 52 percent are found, Selangor, where 15 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Malaysia Yeop occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 5 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ayeop8916/
Uyeop892/
Hyeop891/
Yeope891/
Yeo86246,674/
Eop8614/
Oyeoph801/
Yeoh7531,623/
Yeap7513,638/
Yeho75347/
Yeos75253/
Yeou75245/
Yeob7529/
Geop7521/
Hyeo755/
Yeot755/
Aeop754/
Jyeo753/
Eoyp752/
Eopp752/
Yeoj752/
Yeoi752/
Yieo752/
Jeop752/
Ye'o751/
Yoeo751/
Oeop751/
Yeod751/
Ieop751/
Oyeophe7325/
Eo673,767/
Yehou67894/
Iyoop6711/
Yeoch6710/
Yieho675/
Yeape674/
Ayeob674/
Yehuo673/
Yeijo672/
Yehgo672/
Jeope671/
Yeasp671/
Yeouh671/
Aeuop671/
Yeoys671/
Jeoph671/
Ayyop671/
Ujeop671/
Yieeo671/
Euiop671/
Jyeod671/
Geopf670/
Geoop670/
Yeost670/

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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 Yeop
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