Yiema Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Yiema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yiema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yiema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yiema occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yiema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,882,373rd most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yiema live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon it is most common in: West Region, where 91 percent reside, Centre Region, where 4 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Yiema
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