Yev Surname

605,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 512 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4761:372,14919,844
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Yev (165) may also be a first name.

Yev Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yev (Russian: Йев, Tibetan: འེབ་) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yev? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 605,571st most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 14,233,488 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Yev reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 712,876th most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 165 people.

Yev is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 476 people, or 1 in 372,149. In Nigeria Yev is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 82 percent live, Taraba, where 10 percent live and Nasarawa, where 3 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and Iran, where 1 percent live.

Yev Last Name Statistics demography

Yev earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 46.62% less than the national average, earning $23,031 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ayev86353/
Oyev8695/
Yoev8668/
Hyev8658/
Iyev8642/
Yiev865/
Yetv862/
Eyev861/
Yevh861/
Yejv861/
Yesv861/
Ev804,375/
Ayeva754,422/
Ihyev75177/
Hayev75156/
Yoaev7548/
Gayev7521/
Aiyev7518/
Hyoev757/
Ahyev756/
Ehyev755/
Oyeva755/
Ohyev754/
Ağyev754/
Goyev754/
Hyiev754/
Geyev753/
Uyeva751/
Ayiev751/
Yoyev751/
Yoeva751/
Aayev751/
Ağayev6760,851/
Yew6719,851/
Yep673,053/
Aev67805/
Yeb67652/
Jev67650/
Eev67170/
Eav67157/
Yef6793/
Gev6790/
Iev6774/
Eiv6767/
Euv6767/
Gayeva6751/
Hajyev6737/
Uev6737/
Hahyev6727/
Evf6712/
Hyoeva6710/
Evw679/
Oev679/
Ayv678/
Ejv677/
Yyv676/
Uyv676/
Yjv676/
Hohyev675/
Goyeva673/
Hayeva673/
Eyv673/
Oyv673/
Iyv673/
Eyhyev673/
Gajyev672/
Haiyev672/
Yahiev672/
Hayoev672/
Evh672/
Huhyev672/
Hoyeva671/
Gaiyev671/
Aağyev671/
Ahayev671/
Hihyev671/
Yihyev671/
Gujyev671/
Hehyev671/
Yevowa671/

Yev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yev in the Tibetan language
འེབ་eb50
ཡའུ་ya'u50
Yev in the Russian language
Йевjev-

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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 Yev
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