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
The surname Yeyen (Russian: Йейен) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Yeyén. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeyen? popularity and diffusion
Yeyen is the 389,400th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 8,008,292 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Yeyen reside; 61 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 61 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Yeyen is also the 29,558th most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 27,774 people.
The last name Yeyen is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 554 people, or 1 in 238,717. In Indonesia Yeyen is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 35 percent live, Central Java, where 15 percent live and West Kalimantan, where 11 percent live. Apart from Indonesia it exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 34 percent live and Argentina, where 3 percent live.
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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