Yeyema Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Yeyema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
Yeyema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeyema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yeyema is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeyema? popularity and diffusion
Yeyema is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Yeyema reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,617,702. In Tanzania Yeyema is most frequent in: Mwanza Region, where 50 percent are found and Simiyu Region, where 50 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 43 percent are found.
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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 Yeyema
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