Yeyen Surname
Approximately 910 people bear this surname
Yeyen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 554 | 1:238,717 | 21,994 |
| Turkey | 306 | 1:254,318 | 17,517 |
| Argentina | 25 | 1:1,709,737 | 90,467 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Yeyén (1) are calculated separately.
Yeyen (27,774) may also be a first name.
Yeyen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeyen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yeyen (Russian: Йейен) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also appear in the variant forms: Yeyén. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeyen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 389,400th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,008,292 people. The surname Yeyen is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Yeyen are found; 61 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 61 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 29,558th most widely held given name in the world, held by 27,774 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 554 people, or 1 in 238,717. In Indonesia Yeyen is most numerous in: West Java, where 35 percent are found, Central Java, where 15 percent are found and West Kalimantan, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 34 percent are found and Argentina, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yeyen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yeyen in the Russian language | ||
| Йейен | jejen | - |
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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 Yeyen
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